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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) | User Rating
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Budget $6,200,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
2 hours, 26 minutes
Country USA, West Germany
Studio Allied Artists, Geria Film, Lorimar Productions
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Other Titles
• Twilight's Last Gleaming
• Nuclear Countdown (1977)
• Das Ultimatum (1977)
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Genre: Thriller, Hostage, Political, Suspense, Revenge, Prison, Terrorism, Blackmail, Escape, Deception
Tagline: 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.
Plot: When American air force general Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) is framed for a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison, he vows vengeance against those who put him there--including the president (Charles Durning). After staging a daring breakout with fellow inmates Powell (Paul Winfield) and Garvas (Burt Young), Dell commandeers a Montana missile silo and threatens to start World War III if the government doesn't divulge the sordid reasoning behind its Vietnam War policy.Along with other late-20th-century political thrillers such as SILKWOOD, MIRACLE MILE, and THE CHINA SYNDROME, TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING draws heavily and effectively on the fear of human annihilation by means of nuclear holocaust. Convincing sets and special effects aid director Robert Aldrich's creation of a believable crisis situation. Lancaster cements the film's terrifying fusion of realism and nightmarish suspense with his performance as the frenzied malcontent with his finger on the button.
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Robert Aldrich
The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Flight of the Phoenix |
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Ronald M. Cohen
Last Stand at Saber River, The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, The Ambassador | |
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Psycho, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
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The Terminator, Mars Attacks!, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan | | | |
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