The Day After
- Drama
- Science Fiction
- TV Movie
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.
- Directed by
- Nicholas Meyer
- Written by
- Edward Hume
Cast
- Jason Robards
- JoBeth Williams
- Steve Guttenberg
- John Cullum
John Lithgow- Bibi Besch
- Lori Lethin
Amy Madigan- Jeff East
- Georgann Johnson
- William Allen Young
- Calvin Jung
Keywords
- chaos
- disaster
- darkness
- post-apocalyptic future
- isolation
- high school
- cold war
- anarchy
- hysteria
- disfigurement
- end of the world
- refugee
- apocalypse
- insanity
- environmental protection agency
- kansas, usa
- armageddon
- nuclear explosion
- radiation
- nuclear threat
- nuclear war
- refugee camp
- nuclear radiation
- mushroom cloud
- delirium
- nuclear
- nuclear holocaust
- nuclear fallout
- radiation sickness
- lawlessness
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