Twilight's Last Gleaming

2h 26min

Thriller

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.

Production Companies

Lorimar Productions

Bavaria Film

Geria Productions

Allied Artists Pictures

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Gen. Lawrence Dell
Roscoe Lee Browne

Roscoe Lee Browne

James Forrest
Charles Durning

Charles Durning

President David T. Stevens
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Zachariah Guthrie
Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Capt. Stanford Towne
William Marshall

William Marshall

William Klinger - Attorney General
Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Brig. Gen. O'Rourke
Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Willis Powell
Burt Young

Burt Young

Augie Garvas
Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director
Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
Morgan Paull

Morgan Paull

First Lt. Louis Cannellis
Simon Scott

Simon Scott

Gen. Phil Spencer - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Hootkins

William Hootkins

Sgt. Fitzpatrick
David Baxt

David Baxt

Sgt. Willard
Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

Lieutenant
John Ratzenberger

John Ratzenberger

Sgt. Kopecki
Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

Col. Franklin
Don Fellows

Don Fellows

Gen. Stonesifer
Phil Brown

Phil Brown

Rev. Cartwright
Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

Maj. Fox
Gary Cockrell

Gary Cockrell

Capt. Jackson
David Healy

David Healy

Maj. Winters
Robert O'Neil

Robert O'Neil

Briefing Officer
Robert MacLeod

Robert MacLeod

State Trooper Chambers
Lionel Murton

Lionel Murton

Col. Horn
Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon

Alfie/Driver

Release date

9th Feb 1977

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français, English