Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

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.

Release Date: 1977, February 9
Directors: Robert Aldrich
Countries: United States of America
Production: Bavaria Film, Bavaria Film, Geria Productions, Geria Productions, Allied Artists Pictures, Allied Artists Pictures, Lorimar Motion Pictures, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Cast: Phil Brown, Paul Winfield, Garrick Hagon, William Hootkins, Shane Rimmer, Burt Lancaster, John Ratzenberger, Charles Durning, Don Fellows, Morgan Paull, David Baxt, Ed Bishop

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.