• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1983-06-03
  • Runtime114 minutes
  • TaglineIs it a game, or is it real?
  • Revenue124,600,000$
  • GenreThriller, Science Fiction, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesSherwood Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Budget12,000,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Matthew Broderick

Dabney Coleman

John Wood

Ally Sheedy

Barry Corbin

Juanin Clay

Dennis Lipscomb

Irving Metzman

Michael Ensign

William Bogert

James Tolkan

Drew Snyder

Billy Ray Sharkey

John Spencer

Michael Madsen

Jason Bernard

Jesse D. Goins

Alan Blumenfeld

Len Lawson

Maury Chaykin

Eddie Deezen

Stephen Lee

Stack Pierce

Art LaFleur

Michael Adams

Frances E. Nealy