Story :A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
Cast
Burt LancasterGen. Lawrence Dell
Roscoe Lee BrowneJames Forrest
Charles DurningPresident David T. Stevens
Joseph CottenArthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Melvyn DouglasZachariah Guthrie
Richard JaeckelCapt. Stanford Towne
William MarshallWilliam Klinger - Attorney General
Gerald S. O'LoughlinBrig. Gen. O'Rourke
Richard WidmarkGen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
Paul WinfieldWillis Powell
Burt YoungAugie Garvas
Charles AidmanBernstein
Leif EricksonRalph Whittaker - CIA Director
Charles McGrawAir Force Gen. Peter Crane
Morgan PaullFirst Lt. Louis Cannellis
Simon ScottGen. Phil Spencer - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff