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A State of Emergency (1986)

ALL 11/01/1986 (en) 97 Min
  • Release
    11/01/1986
  • Production
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  • Original title
    A State of Emergency
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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A chain reaction. Only he can stop it. Tomorrow's dawn is in his hands.

Overview

This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests will set off an atomic chain reaction that will obliterate the world. Carmody travels to Portugal where he tries talks to one of the women who in 1911 saw a vision of the Virgin Mary that spoke to her and her two companions about the future. Carmody is certain that the Virgin Mary predicted the very chain reaction he and his co-worker Dr. Kenneth Parrish (Peter Firth) envision. Failing in his attempt to talk to the woman, Carmody then travels to Paris and elsewhere, warning Soviet and American officials that the tests they are planning should be cancelled before they become their last.

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  1. Martin Sheen

    Alex Carmody

  2. Peter Firth

    Ken Parrish

  3. Fionnula Flanagan

    Diane Carmody

  4. Ramon Estevez

    Brian Carmody

  5. William Hootkins

    Earl Linton

  6. Tim Pigott-Smith

    Father Joe Ryan

  7. Frances Tomelty

    Jackie Hampton

  8. François Guétary

    Jean-Pierre Belair

  9. Kenneth Haigh

    Nathan Weis

  10. Daniel Woźniak

    Uri Lopte

  11. Dudley Sutton

    Mikhail S. Petrov

  12. Bobby Sherman

    Jack Tyler

  13. Valerie Braddell

    Jacinta

  14. Ted Carrere

    Beale

  15. Richard Drout Miller

    Grissom

  16. Bertie Cortez

    Assante

  17. Tomasz Białkowski

    Embassy Clerk

  18. Michael Morris

    Nuclear Guard

  19. Nicolas Vogel

    Chairman Leclerc

  20. Filipe Ferrer

    Hotel Receptionist

  21. Sean O'Neal

    TV Anchorman

  22. Cathleen Leslie

    Deena Roberts

  23. Steven Adler

    FBI Agent

  24. Judith Burnett

    First Secretary

  25. Peggy Frankston

    Weis' Secretary

  26. Bill Dunn

    Researcher

  27. Peter Lurie

    Peter

  28. Charles Bennett

    Charlie

  29. Michael Finnegan

    Michael

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Casts : 29 , Crews : 13

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A State of Emergency (1986) 97 Min

ALL 11/01/1986 (en)
  • Release 11/01/1986
  • Production
  • Original title A State of Emergency
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A chain reaction. Only he can stop it. Tomorrow's dawn is in his hands.

Overview

This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests will set off an atomic chain reaction that will obliterate the world. Carmody travels to Portugal where he tries talks to one of the women who in 1911 saw a vision of the Virgin Mary that spoke to her and her two companions about the future. Carmody is certain that the Virgin Mary predicted the very chain reaction he and his co-worker Dr. Kenneth Parrish (Peter Firth) envision. Failing in his attempt to talk to the woman, Carmody then travels to Paris and elsewhere, warning Soviet and American officials that the tests they are planning should be cancelled before they become their last.

  1. Richard C. Bennett

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Catherine Kelber

    Editor

  4. Richard C. Bennett

    Producer



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