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Twilight's Last Gleaming

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.

19776.42h 26m

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.

Directed by Robert Aldrich
Written by Ronald M. Cohen, Edward Huebsch, Walter Wager
Produced by Merv Adelson
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Top Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Gen. Lawrence Dell

Roscoe Lee Browne

Roscoe Lee Browne

James Forrest

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

President David T. Stevens

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Zachariah Guthrie

Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Capt. Stanford Towne

William Marshall

William Marshall

William Klinger - Attorney General

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Brig. Gen. O'Rourke

Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Willis Powell

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookgeneralmontananuclear missilenuclear threatmilitarysilo

About Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming is a thriller film released in 1977 exploring themes of based on novel or book, general, montana, nuclear missile, nuclear threat, military. Directed by Robert Aldrich, it stars Burt Lancaster, Roscoe Lee Browne, Charles Durning. 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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