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09/02/1977 Thriller 2h 26m
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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.

Overview

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.

  1. Robert Aldrich

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Burt Lancaster

    Gen. Lawrence Dell

  2. Roscoe Lee Browne

    James Forrest

  3. Charles Durning

    President David T. Stevens

  4. Joseph Cotten

    Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

  5. Melvyn Douglas

    Zachariah Guthrie

  6. Richard Jaeckel

    Capt. Stanford Towne

  7. William Marshall

    William Klinger - Attorney General

  8. Gerald S. O'Loughlin

    Brig. Gen. O'Rourke

  9. Richard Widmark

    Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-04
40-odd years on, and this still has a certain resonance about it even now. Burt Lancaster in a disgraced US Air Force General who, along with two colleagues, escapes from jail and takes control of an active nuclear missile silo with 9 deadly missiles at his disposal. Richard Widmark, his former commanding officer is now on the opposing side as they play a cleverly constructed, well paced and genuinely quite menacing game of cat and mouse. The plot thickens significantly when the President (Charles Durning) learns that aside from the usual money and aeroplane demands from their antagonists, the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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