By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

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

Movie · TV Movie, Action, Drama, Thriller · 1h 41m · Rated 6.5/10 on TMDB · Released May 19, 1990

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.

Directed by Jack Sholder

Cast

• Powers Boothe as Cassidy
• Rebecca De Mornay as Moreau
• James Earl Jones as Alice
• Martin Landau as President
• Darren McGavin as Condor
• Rip Torn as Colonel Fargo
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Harpoon
• Peter MacNicol as Sedgwick
• Glenn Withrow as Tyler
• Ronald William Lawrence as Hooker
• Kieran Mulroney as Radnor
• Nicolas Coster as Icarus

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