By Dawn's Early Light

A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.

By Dawn's Early Light is a 1990 drama thriller movie directed by Jack Sholder, starring Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Powers Boothe. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 4,626 votes and runs 1h 40m.