WarGames
1983 • Thriller | Science Fiction
John Badham
Director
Status
Released
Release date
June 3, 1983
Duration
114 Min
Language
en
Popularity
19.089
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$124,600,000
Overview
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 girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Cast
Matthew Broderick
Dabney Coleman
John Wood
Ally Sheedy
Barry Corbin
Juanin Clay
Dennis Lipscomb
Irving Metzman
Michael Ensign
William Bogert
James Tolkan
Drew Snyder
Billy Ray Sharkey
John Spencer
Michael Madsen
Jason Bernard
Jesse D. Goins
Alan Blumenfeld
Len Lawson
Maury Chaykin
Eddie Deezen
Stephen Lee
Stack Pierce
Art LaFleur
Michael Adams
Frances E. Nealy
William H. Macy