The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen FrearsDirector
Cast
- Walter CronkiteSelf - Host
- Richard DreyfussPresident
- Noah WyleBuck
- Brian DennehyGen. Bogan
- Sam ElliottCongressman Raskob
- James CromwellGordon Knapp
- John DiehlCol. Cascio
- Hank AzariaProf. Groeteschele
- Norman LloydDefense Secretary Swenson
- Bill SmitrovichGen. Stark
- Don CheadleLt. Jimmy Pierce
- George ClooneyCol. Jack Grady
Stills
Themes
usa presidentbased on novel or booknuclear waratomic bombcold warair forcemoral dilemmarussia