A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Powers Boothe
as Cassidy
Rebecca De Mornay
as Moreau
James Earl Jones
as Alice
Martin Landau
as President
Darren McGavin
as Condor
Rip Torn
as Colonel Fargo
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harpoon
Peter MacNicol
as Sedgwick
Glenn Withrow
as Tyler
Ronald William Lawrence
as Hooker
Kieran Mulroney
as Radnor
Nicolas Coster
as Icarus
