By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

Four people... Three minutes... Two choices... One chance for survival.

TV Movie Action Drama Thriller

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.

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  • Release Date: 1990-05-19
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Jack Sholder

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Powers Boothe

      Cassidy

    • Rebecca De Mornay

      Moreau

    • James Earl Jones

      Alice

    • Martin Landau

      President

    • Darren McGavin

      Condor

    • Rip Torn

      Colonel Fargo

    • Jeffrey DeMunn

      Harpoon

    • Peter MacNicol

      Sedgwick

    • Glenn Withrow

      Tyler

    • Ronald William Lawrence

      Hooker

    • Kieran Mulroney

      Radnor

    • Nicolas Coster

      Icarus

    • Ken Jenkins

      Sam

    • Randal Patrick

      O'Toole

    • Daniel Benzali

      Bascombe

    • Robert O'Reilly

      FEMA Radioman

    • Annabella Price

      FEMA Bunker Nurse

    • Ann Gillespie

      Marie

    • Glenn Morshower

      F-18 Pilot

    • Dana Kimmell

      Tyler's Wife

    • Jon Paul Steuer

      Timmy Tyler

    • Danielle von Zerneck

      Radnor's Wife

    • Katherine Cortez

      Moreau's Roommate

    • Jon Cedar

      SAC Colonel

    • Paul Tompkins

      SAC Aide #1

    • Tony Rayner

      SAC Computer Operator

    • Richard Speight Jr.

      SAC Guard

    • T.R. Marino

      SAC Aide #2

    • Steve Eastin

      Smitty

    • Steve Rankin

      E-4 Pilot

    • Mike Gomez

      E-4 Co-Pilot

    • Scott Trost

      E-4 Radioman

    • Pat Skipper

      Secret Service Agent

    • Adrian Ricard

      Mother in Woods

    • Douglas Tolbert

      Little Boy in Woods

    • Bill Moynihan

      Hooded Medic

    • Dagmar Stanec

      Turkish Controller

    • Ray Nazzari

      Turkish Coordinating Inspector

    • Richard Assad

      Turkish Controller

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