The Day After
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Steven Charles Jaffe
Clayton Day
Georgann Johnson
William Allyn
Lin Mccarthy
Bob Meister
Film Details
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Synopsis
The controversial, widely-viewed dramatization of a nuclear catastrophe causing the destruction of Lawrence, Kansas, home of America's strategic missile arsenal which has become the focus of a superpower confrontation. A grim picture of rural life before, during and after a nuclear blast, with a huge cast headed by Jason Robards as a college professor, it stirred up a firestorm of debate (Was it Soviet propaganda? certain factions of ABC's stockholders wanted to know) and media attention, and provided ammunition for anti-nuclear peace groups in this country and in Europe. Its 12 Emmy Award nominations included Outstanding Drama Special, Outstanding Supporting Actor (John Lithgow), directing, writing, photography, art direction/set decoration, makeup, hairstyles, editing, special visual effects, film sound editing and sound mixing.
Cast
Clayton Day
Georgann Johnson
William Allyn
Lin Mccarthy
Bob Meister
Vahan Moosekian
Glenn Robards
Lori Lethin
Ellen Anthony
Bibi Besch
John Lithgow
Calvin Jung
Robert Douglas Scott
Arliss Howard
Rosanna Huffman
William Allen Young
Dennis Lipscomb
Stan Wilson
Jeff East
Alston Ahern
Jobeth Williams
Tom Spratley
John Cullum
Amy Madigan
Steve Guttenberg
Stephen Furst
Jonathan Estrin
Jason Robards Jr.
George Petrie
Kyle Aletter
Antonie Becker
Madison Mason
Barbara Harris
Pamela Brown
Crew
Romolo Acquistapace
Barbara Amaro
Stephanie Austin-thaler
Janet Bartels-vandagriff
Robert Blalack
Gary Bourgeois
Ross Brown
Sharon Burke
Gene Clinesmith
Elie Cohn
Dianne Cohoon
Judy Crown
Robert Dawson
Steve A. Dayan
Barbara Dixon
Paul Dixon
Walton Domisch
William Paul Dornisch
Zoltan Elek
Lavar Emert
Bill Flores
Robert Florio
Gail Joyce Fortmuller
Hal Galli
Mary Ann Good
Penelope Gottlieb
Gene Griffith
Timothy J Hayes
Edward Hume
Andree Juviler
Charles Knight
Dorothea Long
David Mccann
Hank Mccann
Joseph G Pacelli
Robert A Papazian
John S Perry
David Raksin
Gayne Rescher
Neil Roach
Frank Serafine
Paul Stader
Jill Taggart
Scott Ira Thaler
Virgil Thompson
Christopher T Welch
Mary West
Michael Westmore
Dean E Williams
Peter M Wooley
Jack Wright Jr.
Mark Zwicker
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 20, 1983
Released in United States on Video February 24, 1988
