Science Fiction ·Drama ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1983 · 2h 7m

The Day After

Director

Cast

Jason Robards as Dr. Russell Oakes JoBeth Williams as Nurse Nancy Bauer Steve Guttenberg as Stephen Klein John Cullum as Jim Dahlberg John Lithgow as Joe Huxley Bibi Besch as Eve Dahlberg

Crew

Gayne Rescher — Director of Photography Robert Florio — Editor Paul Dixon — Editor William Paul Dornisch — Editor David Raksin — Original Music Composer Edward Hume — Writer

Tagline

They told us it would be impossible to make this movie. They told us it would be impossible for you to watch it. We hope nothing is impossible.

Synopsis

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

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