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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Powers Boothe | ... | Cassidy | |
| Rebecca De Mornay | ... | Moreau (as Rebecca DeMornay) | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Alice | |
| Martin Landau | ... | President | |
| Darren McGavin | ... | Condor | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Colonel Fargo | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Harpoon | |
| Peter MacNicol | ... | Sedgwick | |
| Glenn Withrow | ... | Tyler | |
| Ronald William Lawrence | ... | Hooker | |
| Kieran Mulroney | ... | Radnor | |
| Nicolas Coster | ... | General Renning - 'Icarus' | |
| Ken Jenkins | ... | Looking Glass Colonel - 'Sam' | |
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Randal Patrick | ... | O'Toole |
| Daniel Benzali | ... | Bascombe | |
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The crew of a nuclear bomber attack the Soviet Union while the President of the United States tries desperately to regain control of his military after his helicopter crashes during a limited nuclear exchange in this film with a scenario similar to Fail-Safe (1964) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Originally a made for cable movie, it concentrates on the relationship between a veteran pilot and his female co-pilot and the president's attempt to wrest control away from a war-mongering successor. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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woman wearing a mask | political superpower | soviet union | pilot | military |Taglines:
Four People. Three Minutes. Two Choices. One Chance For Survival.Parents Guide:
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24 April 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Cassidy: Now that's just stupid.
Moreau: Why? You wouldn't want them to see you dropping me off, would you? It might violate PRP.
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Written by Debbie Hupp, Johnny MacRae and Bob Morrison
Performed by Conway Twitty
Courtesy Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products, Music City Music Inc.
(administered by EMI April Music Inc) and Southern Days Music (administered by CMI)
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According to the Matte World Digital (MWD) website, for the E-4 Presidential command airplane which flies over the state of Utah in the USA at night, "a modified, miniature 747 was photographed on the MWD stages with created backgrounds using matte painting techniques." See more »Goofs
During a scene aboard Air Force One, the clocks on the wall (supposed to depict the times of different major cities around the world) all show vastly different times. Time zones by and large only differ on the hour, the few half-hour zones including Delhi and Newfoundland, so the minute hands on the clocks should at least mostly all have been in the same position, with only the hour hands being on different positions. See more »Quotes
Moreau: I'm calling a cab.Cassidy: Now that's just stupid.
Moreau: Why? You wouldn't want them to see you dropping me off, would you? It might violate PRP.
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DON'T CALL HIM A COWBOYWritten by Debbie Hupp, Johnny MacRae and Bob Morrison
Performed by Conway Twitty
Courtesy Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products, Music City Music Inc.
(administered by EMI April Music Inc) and Southern Days Music (administered by CMI)
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A great movie about how war can get out of hand very quickly. The book the movie was derived from "Trinity's Child" is EXCELLENT. It is ironic that the President was played by Martin Landau and in the book, the president was watching "Mission Impossible" when SAC HQ calls him. As you know, Martin Landau starred in "Mission Impossible. Also, James Earl Jones plays an Air Force SAC General in this movie. He also played an Air Force Lieutentant on board a B-52 in "Dr. Strangelove".