By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Cast
Powers Boothe
Cassidy
Rebecca De Mornay
Moreau
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
Icarus
Ken Jenkins
Sam
Daniel Benzali
Bascombe
Robert O'Reilly
FEMA Radioman
Annabella Price
FEMA Bunker Nurse
Glenn Morshower
F-18 Pilot
Dana Kimmell
Tyler's Wife
Jon Paul Steuer
Timmy Tyler
Danielle von Zerneck
Radnor's Wife
Jon Cedar
SAC Colonel
Richard Speight Jr.
SAC Guard
Steve Eastin
Smitty
Steve Rankin
E-4 Pilot
Mike Gomez
E-4 Co-Pilot
Pat Skipper
Secret Service Agent
Adrian Ricard
Mother in Woods
Richard Assad
Turkish Controller