Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

02/09/1977 (US) • 2h 26m

Thriller

We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One... and you, Mr President.

Overview

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.

Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster

Gen. Lawrence Dell

Roscoe Lee Browne

James Forrest

Charles Durning

President David T. Stevens

Joseph Cotten

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Melvyn Douglas

Zachariah Guthrie

Richard Jaeckel

Capt. Stanford Towne

William Marshall

William Klinger - Attorney General

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Brig. Gen. O'Rourke

Richard Widmark

Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

general

montana

nuclear missile

nuclear threat

military

silo

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