Thriller · United States of America · 1977 · 2h 26m

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming poster
Director
Robert Aldrich
Cast
Burt Lancaster as Gen. Lawrence Dell Roscoe Lee Browne as James Forrest Charles Durning as President David T. Stevens Joseph Cotten as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State Melvyn Douglas as Zachariah Guthrie Richard Jaeckel as Capt. Stanford Towne
Crew
Robert B. Hauser — Director of Photography Michael Luciano — Editor William Martin — Editor Maury Winetrobe — Editor Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer Ronald M. Cohen — Screenplay
Tagline

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.

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookgeneralmontananuclear missilenuclear threatmilitarysilo
Key Collaborators
Robert Aldrich Director Robert B. Hauser Director of Photography Michael Luciano Editor William Martin Editor Maury Winetrobe Editor Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer Ronald M. Cohen Screenplay Edward Huebsch Screenplay Walter Wager Novel Merv Adelson Producer Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design Thomas S. Dawson Costume Design
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