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WarGames

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 Defense Department'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.

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WarGames

June 3, 1983
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Cast (48)

Matthew Broderick
David Lightman
Dabney Coleman
McKittrick
John Wood
Stephen Falken
Ally Sheedy
Jennifer
Barry Corbin
General Beringer
Juanin Clay
Pat Healy
Joe Dorsey
Conley
Michael Ensign
Beringer's Aide
William Bogert
Mr. Lightman
Susan Davis
Mrs. Lightman
David Clover
Stockman
John Garber
Corporal in the Infirmary
Duncan Wilmore
Major Lem
Billy Ray Sharkey
Radar Analyst
James Lemp
Commander
Gary Bisig
Deputy
Gary Sexton
Technician
Jason Bernard
Captain Knewt
Frankie Hill
Airman Fields
Jesse D. Goins
Sergeant
Alan Blumenfeld
Mr. Liggett
Len Lawson
Boys Vice Principal
Maury Chaykin
Jim Sting
Stephen Lee
Sgt. Schneider
Lucinda Crosby
Nurse in Infirmary
Brad David
Flight Pilot Leader
Martha Shaw
Vice Principal's Secretary
Howie Allen
Boy in Arcade
Jim Harriott
Newscaster
Tom Lawrence
Sgt. Sims
Charles Akins
Major Ford
Glenn Standifer
Major Wenstin
Edward Jahnke
NORAD Officer
William H. Macy
NORAD Officer (uncredited)

Crew (52)

Directing

John Badham
Director
Newt Arnold
First Assistant Director
Harold Michelson
Continuity
Robert J. Doherty
Assistant Director

Writing

Lawrence Lasker
Screenplay
Walter F. Parkes
Screenplay

Production

Robert Eggenweiler
Location Manager
Leonard Goldberg
Executive Producer
Robert C. Decker
Location Manager
Joy Anzarouth
Production Coordinator

Sound

Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Original Music Composer
Carlos Delarios
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William L. Manger
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Mark Hoder
Orchestrator
Joe Tuley
Music Editor
Michael J. Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Milton C. Burrow
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Aaron Rochin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Art

James J. Murakami
Art Direction
John M. Schenk
Assistant Property Master
Robert Scaife
Construction Coordinator
Gregg H. Bilson
Property Master
Angelo P. Graham
Production Design
Jerry Wunderlich
Set Decoration

Camera

Steve Yaconelli
Camera Operator
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
William A. Fraker
Director of Photography
David E. Diano
Assistant Camera
Gary R. Dodd
Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Ray Summers
Wardrobe Supervisor
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Lynda Gurasich
Hairstylist
Brenda Todd
Makeup Artist
Barry Francis Delaney
Costume Design

Crew

Marguerite Happy
Stunt Double
Tom Elliott
Stunts
Rick Avery
Stunts
John Garber
Dialogue Coach
Michael Adams
Stunt Coordinator
Al Jones
Stunts
Lyla Foggia
Unit Publicist

Editing

Tom Rolf
Editor
Liz Randol
Assistant Editor
Ray Martin
Color Timer

Lighting

Doug Pentek
Chief Lighting Technician
Gerald Boatright
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Visual Effects

Michael L. Fink
Visual Effects Supervisor