The Day After

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Cast

Jason Robards

as Dr. Russell Oakes

JoBeth Williams

as Nurse Nancy Bauer

Steve Guttenberg

as Stephen Klein

John Cullum

as Jim Dahlberg

John Lithgow

as Joe Huxley

Bibi Besch

as Eve Dahlberg

Lori Lethin

as Denise Dahlberg

Amy Madigan

as Alison Ransom

Jeff East

as Bruce Gallatin

Georgann Johnson

as Helen Oakes

Reviews

talisencrw

This was solid and, considering its epoch, scary. I remember being a teen when this came up, and with U.S./Soviet relations at a nadir, nuclear war films were just starting to appear on the cinephile's radar once again, after taking a breather from their 60's heyday for the sake of the glut of natur...

znapper

Well worth the view and it's surprisingly hard-hitting, for an American movie. TDA depict the full nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw-pact and how this affect the population in and around Kansas. I think TDA really works better as a pure movie, because it is. Compared to the UK-made ...

Nutshell

James Robards is exceptional in this sad nuclear holocaust fable, made for TV but a top notch production in most all respects....

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