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DEFCON-4 (1985) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1985 · 88 mins · English
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Directed by
Paul Donovan, Digby Cook
Starring
Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Lenore Zann, Tim Choate, Karen Kennedy, Kevin King

The battle for human future begins as two men and a woman pilot a satellite armed with a nuclear warhead around the globe. World War III erupts, and months later the satellite crashes. They survive the wreck; one man is killed by locals, the other captured, and the woman stays by the debris until a gang of ruthless punks who seized power captures her.

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