By Dawn's Early Light

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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.

Date: 05/19/1990

Rating: 6.5

Cast: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin, Rip Torn, Jeffrey DeMunn, Peter MacNicol, Glenn Withrow, Ronald William Lawrence, Kieran Mulroney, Nicolas Coster, Ken Jenkins, Randal Patrick, Daniel Benzali, Robert O'Reilly, Annabella Price, Ann Gillespie, Glenn Morshower, Dana Kimmell, Jon Paul Steuer, Danielle von Zerneck, Katherine Cortez, Jon Cedar, Paul Tompkins, Tony Rayner, Richard Speight Jr., T.R. Marino, Steve Eastin, Steve Rankin, Mike Gomez, Scott Trost, Pat Skipper, Adrian Ricard, Douglas Tolbert, Bill Moynihan, Dagmar Stanec, Ray Nazzari, Richard Assad

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