By Dawn's Early Light

1h 41m

TV Movie Action Drama Thriller

6.5

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.

Cast

Powers Boothe

Cassidy

Rebecca De Mornay

Moreau

James Earl Jones

Alice

Martin Landau

President

Darren McGavin

Condor

Rip Torn

Colonel Fargo

Jeffrey DeMunn

Harpoon

Peter MacNicol

Sedgwick

Glenn Withrow

Tyler

Ronald William Lawrence

Hooker

Kieran Mulroney

Radnor

Nicolas Coster

Icarus

Ken Jenkins

Sam

Randal Patrick

O'Toole

Daniel Benzali

Bascombe

Robert O'Reilly

FEMA Radioman

Annabella Price

FEMA Bunker Nurse

Ann Gillespie

Marie

Glenn Morshower

F-18 Pilot

Dana Kimmell

Tyler's Wife

Jon Paul Steuer

Timmy Tyler

Danielle von Zerneck

Radnor's Wife

Katherine Cortez

Moreau's Roommate

Jon Cedar

SAC Colonel

Paul Tompkins

SAC Aide #1

Tony Rayner

SAC Computer Operator

Richard Speight Jr.

SAC Guard

T.R. Marino

SAC Aide #2

Steve Eastin

Smitty

Steve Rankin

E-4 Pilot

Mike Gomez

E-4 Co-Pilot

Scott Trost

E-4 Radioman

Pat Skipper

Secret Service Agent

Adrian Ricard

Mother in Woods

Douglas Tolbert

Little Boy in Woods

Bill Moynihan

Hooded Medic

Dagmar Stanec

Turkish Controller

Ray Nazzari

Turkish Coordinating Inspector

Richard Assad

Turkish Controller

Crew

Jack Sholder

Director

Bruce Gilbert

Teleplay, Executive Producer

William Prochnau

Novel

Tony Lombardo

Editor

Alexander Gruszynski

Director of Photography

Thomas M. Hammel

Producer

Susan Moore

Associate Producer

Junie Lowry-Johnson

Casting

Trevor Jones

Original Music Composer

Pat Romano

Stunts