Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
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.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1977-02-09
- Runtime:
- 146 min
- Genres:
- Thriller
- Director:
- Robert Aldrich
- Top cast:
- Burt Lancaster, Roscoe Lee Browne, Charles Durning, Joseph Cotten, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Jaeckel
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.4/10 from 78 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.1/10