Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host
Richard Dreyfuss
President
Noah Wyle
Buck
Brian Dennehy
Gen. Bogan
Sam Elliott
Congressman Raskob
James Cromwell
Gordon Knapp
John Diehl
Col. Cascio
Hank Azaria
Prof. Groeteschele
Norman Lloyd
Defense Secretary Swenson
Bill Smitrovich
Gen. Stark
Don Cheadle
Lt. Jimmy Pierce
George Clooney
Col. Jack Grady
Harvey Keitel
Brig. Gen. Warren Black
Doris Belack
Mrs. Johnson
Grant Heslov
Jimmy
Will Rothhaar
Tommy Grady
John Philbin
Walter Bernstein
Teleplay
Executive Producer
Stephen Frears
Director
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Eugene Burdick
Novel
Harvey Wheeler
Tom Park
Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Eric J. Wilker
Associate Producer
Pamela Oas Williams
Allen Payne
Hairstylist
Laura Ziskin
Kim M. Ferry
Key Hair Stylist
Anthony Sepulveda
Casting
Amy Minda Cohen
Coordinating Producer
Molly Maginnis
Costume Design
Barbara Miller
Richard Hoover
Production Design
Alice Baker
Set Decoration
Troy Sizemore
Art Direction
Myke Michaels
Key Makeup Artist