Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977 · 146 min · EN · R · 6.4 (53 votes)
Dir. Robert Aldrich · Starring Burt Lancaster, Roscoe Lee Browne, Charles Durning, Joseph Cotten, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Jaeckel · Music Jerry Goldsmith

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.

Thriller

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.

VIBE

A tense, gritty political thriller that ratchets up the anxiety with every passing moment. It feels like a high-stakes chess match where the fate of the world hangs in the balance, fueled by military paranoia and moral ambiguity.

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