The read
Scores higher than 77% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic71/100
144 audience votes
Key crew
- Lynne LittmanDirector
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- John Sacret YoungScreenplay
Cast
- Jane AlexanderCarol Wetherly
- William DevaneTom Wetherly
- Rossie HarrisBrad Wetherly
- Roxana ZalMary Liz Wetherly
- Lukas HaasScottie Wetherly
- Philip AnglimHollis
- Lilia SkalaFania
- Leon AmesHenry Abhart
- Lurene TuttleRosemary Abhart
- Rebecca De MornayCathy Pitkin
- Kevin CostnerPhil Pitkin
- MakoMike
Stills
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The Best Movies of 1983
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