Directed by John Badham
Starring Matthew Broderick · Dabney Coleman · John Wood · Ally Sheedy
Original language: English
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Is it a game, or is it real?
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 friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickDavid Lightman
- Dabney ColemanMcKittrick
- John WoodStephen Falken
- Ally SheedyJennifer
- Barry CorbinGeneral Beringer
- Juanin ClayPat Healy
- Kent WilliamsCabot
- Dennis LipscombWatson
Details
- Directed by
- John Badham
- Written by
- Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
- Released
- 1983-06-03
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
