

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Movie · 2h 26m · R
Thriller
"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."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Key crew
- Robert AldrichDirector
- Ronald M. CohenScreenplay
- Edward HuebschScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt LancasterGen. Lawrence Dell
- Roscoe Lee BrowneJames Forrest
- Charles DurningPresident David T. Stevens
- Joseph CottenArthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
- Melvyn DouglasZachariah Guthrie
- Richard JaeckelCapt. Stanford Towne
- William MarshallWilliam Klinger - Attorney General
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinBrig. Gen. O'Rourke
- Richard WidmarkGen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
- Paul WinfieldWillis Powell
- Burt YoungAugie Garvas
- Charles AidmanBernstein
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookgeneralmontananuclear missilenuclear threatmilitarysilo











