High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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Matthew Broderick | David |
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Dabney Coleman | McKittrick |
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John Wood | Falken |
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Ally Sheedy | Jennifer |
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Barry Corbin | General Beringer |
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Juanin Clay | Pat Healy |
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Kent Williams | Cabot |
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Dennis Lipscomb | Watson |
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Joe Dorsey | Conley |
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Irving Metzman | Richter |
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Michael Ensign | Beringer's Aide |
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William Bogert | Mr. Lightman |
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Susan Davis | Mrs. Lightman |
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James Tolkan | Wigan |
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David Clover | Stockman |
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Drew Snyder | Ayers |
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John Garber | Corporal in the Infirmary |
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Duncan Wilmore | Major Lem |
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Billy Ray Sharkey | Radar Analyst |
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John Spencer | Jerry |
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Michael Madsen | Steve |
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James Lemp | Commander |
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Gary Bisig | Deputy |
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Gary Sexton | Technician |
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Jason Bernard | Captain Knewt |
Director | John Badham |
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Writer | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | |
Producer | Leonard Goldberg, Richard Hashimoto, Bruce McNall, Harold Schneider | |
Musician | Arthur B. Rubinstein | |
Photography | William A. Fraker |