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 Defense Department'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.
Matthew Broderick | David | |
Dabney Coleman | McKittrick | |
John Wood | Falken | |
Ally Sheedy | Jennifer | |
Barry Corbin | General Beringer | |
Juanin Clay | Pat Healy | |
Kent Williams | Cabot | |
Dennis Lipscomb | Watson | |
Joe Dorsey | Conley | |
Irving Metzman | Richter | |
Michael Ensign | Beringer's Aide | |
William Bogert | Mr. Lightman | |
Susan Davis | Mrs. Lightman | |
James Tolkan | Wigan | |
David Clover | Stockman | |
Drew Snyder | Ayers | |
John Garber | Corporal in the Infirmary | |
Duncan Wilmore | Major Lem | |
Billy Ray Sharkey | Radar Analyst | |
John Spencer | Jerry | |
Michael Madsen | Steve | |
James Lemp | Commander | |
Gary Bisig | Deputy | |
Gary Sexton | Technician | |
Jason Bernard | Captain Knewt |
Director | John Badham | |
Writer | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | |
Producer | Leonard Goldberg, Richard Hashimoto, Bruce McNall, Harold Schneider | |
Musician | Arthur B. Rubinstein | |
Photography | William A. Fraker |