"Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow."
Walter Cronkite
as Self - Host
Richard Dreyfuss
as President
Noah Wyle
as Buck
Brian Dennehy
as Gen. Bogan
Sam Elliott
as Congressman Raskob
James Cromwell
as Gordon Knapp
John Diehl
as Col. Cascio
Hank Azaria
as Prof. Groeteschele
Norman Lloyd
as Defense Secretary Swenson
Bill Smitrovich
as Gen. Stark
Don Cheadle
as Lt. Jimmy Pierce
George Clooney
as Col. Jack Grady
Harvey Keitel
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
Doris Belack
as Mrs. Johnson
Grant Heslov
as Jimmy
Will Rothhaar
as Tommy Grady
John Philbin
as
Stephen Frears
Director
Eugene Burdick
Novel
Harvey Wheeler
Walter Bernstein
Teleplay
Executive Producer
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Co-Executive Producer
Amy Minda Cohen
Coordinating Producer
Tom Park
Producer
Eric J. Wilker
Associate Producer
Pamela Oas Williams
Laura Ziskin
Barbara Miller
Casting
Anthony Sepulveda
Richard Hoover
Production Design
Troy Sizemore
Art Direction
Alice Baker
Set Decoration
Molly Maginnis
Costume Design
Kim M. Ferry
Key Hair Stylist
Myke Michaels
Key Makeup Artist
Allen Payne
Hairstylist