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Cast
Burt Lancaster | As: Gen. Lawrence Dell | |
Roscoe Lee Browne | As: James Forrest | |
Charles Durning | As: President David T. Stevens | |
Joseph Cotten | As: Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | |
Melvyn Douglas | As: Zachariah Guthrie |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | 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. |
Certification: | R |
Cast
Burt Lancaster |
Gen. Lawrence Dell |
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Roscoe Lee Browne |
James Forrest |
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Charles Durning |
President David T. Stevens |
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Joseph Cotten |
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State |
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Melvyn Douglas |
Zachariah Guthrie |
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Richard Jaeckel |
Capt. Stanford Towne |
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William Marshall |
William Klinger - Attorney General |
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin |
Brig. Gen. O'Rourke |
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Richard Widmark |
Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA |
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Paul Winfield |
Willis Powell |
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Burt Young |
Augie Garvas |
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Charles Aidman |
Bernstein |
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Leif Erickson |
Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director |
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Charles McGraw |
Air Force Gen. Peter Crane |
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Morgan Paull |
First Lt. Louis Cannellis |
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Simon Scott |
Gen. Phil Spencer - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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William Smith |
Hoxey |
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William Hootkins |
Sgt. Fitzpatrick |
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Bill Walker |
Willard |
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David Baxt |
Sgt. Willard |
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Glenn Beck |
Lieutenant |
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John Ratzenberger |
Sgt. Kopecki |
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Shane Rimmer |
Col. Franklin |
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Don Fellows |
Gen. Stonesifer |
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Phil Brown |
Rev. Cartwright |
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Ed Bishop |
Maj. Fox |
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Gary Cockrell |
Capt. Jackson |
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David Healy |
Maj. Winters |
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Robert O'Neil |
Briefing Officer |
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Robert MacLeod |
State Trooper Chambers |
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Lionel Murton |
Col. Horn |
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Garrick Hagon |
Alfie/Driver |
Directed By
Robert Aldrich |
Director |
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Alvin Greenman |
Script Supervisor |
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Writing Credits
Ronald M. Cohen |
Screenplay |
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Edward Huebsch |
Screenplay |
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Walter Wager |
Novel |
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Production Crew
Merv Adelson |
Producer |
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Jack Baur |
Casting |
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Rolf Zehetbauer |
Production Designer |
Edited By
William Martin |
Editor |
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Michael Luciano |
Editor |
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Maury Winetrobe |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Tom Dawson |
Costume Design |
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Georg Jauss |
Hairstylist |
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Peter Knöpfle |
Hairstylist |
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Sound
John C. Hammell |
Music Editor |
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John Wilkinson |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Joan Biel |
Music Editor |
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Jerry Goldsmith |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Robert B. Hauser |
Director of Photography |
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Gerhard Fromm |
Camera Operator |
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Dieter Matzka |
Camera Operator |
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Karl-Heinz Vogelmann |
Still Photographer |
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Lighting
Jack Wilson |
Gaffer |
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Georg Eck |
Gaffer |
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Art Department
Werner Achmann |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
Henry Millar |
Special Effects |
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