WarGames (1983)
Is it a game, or is it real?
- Released
- Runtime 1h 54m
- Director John Badham
- Genres Drama Science Fiction Thriller
- Rating 7.1/10 (2,251 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Matthew Broderick
as David Lightman
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Dabney Coleman
as McKittrick
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John Wood
as Stephen Falken
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Ally Sheedy
as Jennifer
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Barry Corbin
as General Beringer
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Juanin Clay
as Pat Healy
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Kent Williams
as Cabot
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Dennis Lipscomb
as Watson
- Joe Dorsey as Conley
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Irving Metzman
as Richter
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Michael Ensign
as Beringer's Aide
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William Bogert
as Mr. Lightman
- Susan Davis as Mrs. Lightman
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James Tolkan
as Wigan
- David Clover as Stockman
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Drew Snyder
as Ayers
- John Garber as Corporal in the Infirmary
- Duncan Wilmore as Major Lem
Crew
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John Badham
Director
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William A. Fraker
Director of Photography
- Tom Rolf Editor
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Arthur B. Rubinstein
Original Music Composer
- Harold Schneider Producer
- Richard Hashimoto Producer
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Lawrence Lasker
Writer
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Walter F. Parkes
Writer
