

"Is it a game, or is it real?"
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.
Director: John Badham
Writers: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

Matthew Broderick
David Lightman

Dabney Coleman
McKittrick

John Wood
Stephen Falken

Ally Sheedy
Jennifer

Barry Corbin
General Beringer

Juanin Clay
Pat Healy

Kent Williams
Cabot

Dennis Lipscomb
Watson

Joe Dorsey
Conley

Irving Metzman
Richter

Michael Ensign
Beringer's Aide

William Bogert
Mr. Lightman

Susan Davis
Mrs. Lightman

James Tolkan
Wigan

David Clover
Stockman

Drew Snyder
Ayers

John Garber
Corporal in the Infirmary

Duncan Wilmore
Major Lem

Billy Ray Sharkey
Radar Analyst

John Spencer
Jerry