Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Ronald M. Cohen (screenplay) and
Edward Huebsch (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 February 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

the day they took on The Real Power!

Plot:

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near...

Plot Keywords:

General | Commando | Split Screen | Revenge | Kidnapping

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Das Ultimatum (West Germany)
Nuclear Countdown
Silo III (USA) (working title)
Todeskommando Feuerblitz Ultimatum (West Germany)
Viper Three (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

146 min | Sweden:123 min | France:91 min

Country:

USA | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Bavaria Atelier

Trivia:

Last cinema film of 'Leif Erikson'.

Quotes:

Lawrence Dell: There are no midgets in the United States Air Force.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (#7.9)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Great movie

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.