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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 376 1970s thriller movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
82 audience votes
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
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