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WarGames

70.72 %|Jun 3, 1983|Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama

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 Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Featured Crew

John Badham
Director
Lawrence Lasker
Screenplay
Walter F. Parkes
Screenplay
Leonard Goldberg
Executive Producer
Richard Hashimoto
Producer
Harold Schneider
Producer
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Original Music Composer
William A. Fraker
Director of Photography

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Cast

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Matthew Broderick
David Lightman
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Dabney Coleman
McKittrick
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John Wood
Stephen Falken
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Ally Sheedy
Jennifer
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Barry Corbin
General Beringer
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Juanin Clay
Pat Healy
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Michael Ensign
Beringer's Aide
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William Bogert
Mr. Lightman
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Susan Davis
Mrs. Lightman
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David Clover
Stockman
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John Garber
Corporal in the Infirmary
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Billy Ray Sharkey
Radar Analyst
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James Lemp
Commander
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Gary Sexton
Technician
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Jason Bernard
Captain Knewt
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Frankie Hill
Airman Fields
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Alan Blumenfeld
Mr. Liggett
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Len Lawson
Boys Vice Principal
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Maury Chaykin
Jim Sting
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Stephen Lee
Sgt. Schneider
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Lucinda Crosby
Nurse in Infirmary
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Brad David
Flight Pilot Leader
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Martha Shaw
Vice Principal's Secretary
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Howie Allen
Boy in Arcade
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Jim Harriott
Newscaster
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Tom Lawrence
Sgt. Sims
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Charles Akins
Major Ford
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Glenn Standifer
Major Wenstin
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Edward Jahnke
NORAD Officer
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William H. Macy
NORAD Officer (uncredited)