Twilight's Last Gleaming
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.
1977-02-09 | 146 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Burt LancasterGen. Lawrence Dell
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Roscoe Lee BrowneJames Forrest
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Charles DurningPresident David T. Stevens
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Joseph CottenArthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
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Melvyn DouglasZachariah Guthrie
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Richard JaeckelCapt. Stanford Towne
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William MarshallWilliam Klinger - Attorney General
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Gerald S. O'LoughlinBrig. Gen. O'Rourke
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Richard WidmarkGen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
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Paul WinfieldWillis Powell
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Burt YoungAugie Garvas
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Charles AidmanBernstein
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Leif EricksonRalph Whittaker - CIA Director
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Charles McGrawAir Force Gen. Peter Crane
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Morgan PaullFirst Lt. Louis Cannellis
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Simon ScottGen. Phil Spencer - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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William SmithHoxey
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William HootkinsSgt. Fitzpatrick
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Bill WalkerWillard
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David BaxtSgt. Willard