Release Date
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Original Release
May 19, 1990
1h 41m
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
⭐ 6.5101 min
Overview
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Director
Jack Sholder
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.3
Cast
Powers Boothe
Cassidy
⭐1.8
Rebecca De Mornay
Moreau
⭐3.0
James Earl Jones
Alice
⭐2.3
Martin Landau
President
⭐2.2
Darren McGavin
Condor
⭐1.1
Rip Torn
Colonel Fargo
⭐2.1
Jeffrey DeMunn
Harpoon
⭐1.9
Peter MacNicol
Sedgwick
⭐2.4
Glenn Withrow
Tyler
⭐0.5
Ronald William Lawrence
Hooker
⭐0.8
Genres
TV MovieActionDramaThriller
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