Twilight's Last Gleaming
“We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One... and you, Mr President.”
Robert AldrichCast
Burt Lancaster 
Richard Widmark 
Roscoe Lee Browne 
Joseph Cotten 
Melvyn Douglas 
Charles Durning
Credits
Written by: Ronald M. Cohen
Plot
A renegade Air Force general seizes a missile silo and demands that the government reveal the truth about Vietnam.
Sinekatalog’s take
Robert Aldrich's political thriller, with Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark, is tense and cynical, though overlong.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (4,261 votes)
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