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Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977
6.5 ⭐
2h 26m
Thriller
"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."

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.

Cast & Crew
Burt Lancaster
Burt LancasterGen. Lawrence Dell
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee BrowneJames Forrest
Charles Durning
Charles DurningPresident David T. Stevens
Joseph Cotten
Joseph CottenArthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn DouglasZachariah Guthrie
Richard Jaeckel
Richard JaeckelCapt. Stanford Towne
William Marshall
William MarshallWilliam Klinger - Attorney General
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Gerald S. O'LoughlinBrig. Gen. O'Rourke
Richard Widmark
Richard WidmarkGen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
Paul Winfield
Paul WinfieldWillis Powell
Burt Young
Burt YoungAugie Garvas
Charles Aidman
Charles AidmanBernstein