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Feature film — 1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

6.52h 26mThriller

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.

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A high-signal pick with 85 votes.

Bavaria Film / Geria Productions / Allied Artists Pictures / Lorimar Motion Pictures

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Director: Robert Aldrich

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Cast & crew

Burt Lancaster as Gen. Lawrence Dell

Burt Lancaster

Gen. Lawrence Dell

Roscoe Lee Browne as James Forrest

Roscoe Lee Browne

James Forrest

Charles Durning as President David T. Stevens

Charles Durning

President David T. Stevens

Joseph Cotten as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Joseph Cotten

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Melvyn Douglas as Zachariah Guthrie

Melvyn Douglas

Zachariah Guthrie

Richard Jaeckel as Capt. Stanford Towne

Richard Jaeckel

Capt. Stanford Towne

William Marshall as William Klinger - Attorney General

William Marshall

William Klinger - Attorney General

Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Brig. Gen. O'Rourke

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Brig. Gen. O'Rourke

Richard Widmark as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

Richard Widmark

Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

Paul Winfield as Willis Powell

Paul Winfield

Willis Powell

Burt Young as Augie Garvas

Burt Young

Augie Garvas

Charles Aidman as Bernstein

Charles Aidman

Bernstein

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