A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near...
Run Time
146 min, Sweden:123 min, France:91 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Genre
Thriller
Language
English
Keyword
General, Commando, Split Screen, Revenge, Kidnapping
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono, 4-Track Stereo
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Political Thriller
Themes
Terrorism, Fighting the System, Escape From Prison, Miscarriage of Justice
Tones
Ominous, Paranoid, Tense
Has Detailed Data (New)
10, 1, 2, 3
Count - Awards
1
Budget
6000000
Release Date
09/02/1977
Country
USA, West Germany
Country Of Origin
USA, West Germany
Wikipedia Plot
After escaping from a military prison, rogue Air Force general Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) and accomplices Powell and Garvas infiltrate an ICBM complex and gain launch control over its nine nuclear missiles. They then make direct contact with the US government (avoiding any media attention) and demand both ten million dollars ransom and, more importantly, that the President (Charles Durning) go on national television and make public the contents of a top-secret document.
The document, which is unknown to the current president but not to certain members of his cabinet, contains conclusive proof that the US government knew there was no realistic hope of winning the Vietnam War but continued fighting it for the sole purpose of demonstrating to the Soviet Union their unwavering commitment to defeating communism.
While the President and his Cabinet debate the practical, personal, and ethical aspects of agreeing to these demands, they also authorize the military to send an elite team led by General MacKenzie (Richard Widmark) to penetrate the ICBM complex and incinerate its command center with a very low-yield tactical nuclear device. When this attempt is discovered, the hostage takers respond by initiating a missile launch. As the military and President Stevens watch the underground missile silo launch covers begin to open, they agree to call off the attempt and the launch is aborted.
Eventually the President agrees to meet the demands, which include allowing himself to be taken hostage and used as a human shield while Dell and his team make their escape from the complex. As the president leaves the White House he asks the Secretary of Defense to release the document should he be killed in the process. US Air Force snipers kill the general but also shoot the President, who with his dying breath asks the Secretary of Defense if he will release the document. The Secretary can not bring himself to answer.
Wikipedia Text
Twilight's Last Gleaming is a 1977 film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark. The film was a West-German/US coproduction, shot mainly in Bavaria.
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