By Dawn’s Early Light
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By Dawn’s Early Light
(1990)

Director:

Jack Sholder

Stars:

Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones
A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.

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Also Known As:

By Dawn's Early Light

Release Date:

19 May 1990

Writers:

William Prochnau, Bruce Gilbert

Awards:

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 2 nominations total

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