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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   751 votes
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Director:
Robert Aldrich
Writers:
Ronald M. Cohen (screenplay) and
Edward Huebsch (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Tagline:
the day they took on The Real Power! more
Plot:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Great movie more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Lancaster ... Gen. Lawrence Dell
Roscoe Lee Browne ... James Forrest
Joseph Cotten ... Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Melvyn Douglas ... Zachariah Guthrie
Charles Durning ... President David T. Stevens
Richard Jaeckel ... Captain Stanford Towne
William Marshall ... William Klinger - Attorney General
Gerald S. O'Loughlin ... Brigadier General O'Rourke

Richard Widmark ... Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
Paul Winfield ... Willis Powell

Burt Young ... Augie Garvas
Charles Aidman ... Bernstein
Leif Erickson ... Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
Charles McGraw ... Peter Crane - General of the Air Force

Morgan Paull ... First Lieutenant Louis Cannellis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Das Ultimatum (West Germany)
Nuclear Countdown
Silo III (USA) (working title)
Todeskommando Feuerblitz Ultimatum (West Germany)
Viper Three (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
146 min | Sweden:123 min | France:91 min
Country:
USA | West Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rated) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last cinema film of 'Leif Erikson'. more
Quotes:
Lawrence Dell: There are no midgets in the United States Air Force. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (#7.9)" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
My Country, 'Tis of Thee more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Great movie, 5 January 2000
8/10

With this many stars and big name director, I found it hard to believe that the people at Blockbuster Video NEVER HEARD OF THIS MOVIE - was not in their store OR their database. I guess they need to get their act together. I really enjoyed this movie - Burt Lancaster was great and the use of multiple screen sections (like Thomas Crown Affair) was extremely interesting. I highly recommend this picture.

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