By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Four people... Three minutes... Two choices... One chance for survival.

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.

• Released: 1990-05-19
• Genres: TV Movie, Action, Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 41m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 72 votes

Directed by Jack Sholder.

Top cast

• Powers Boothe as Cassidy
• Rebecca De Mornay as Moreau
• James Earl Jones as Alice
• Martin Landau as President
• Darren McGavin as Condor
• Rip Torn as Colonel Fargo
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Harpoon
• Peter MacNicol as Sedgwick
• Glenn Withrow as Tyler
• Ronald William Lawrence as Hooker

Full cast & crew

Where to watch By Dawn's Early Light

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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