WarGames

Theatrical - Wide 1983-06-03

Cast Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman John Wood Ally Sheedy
Directed by John Badham
Written by Lawrence Lasker Walter Parkes

Genres: Drama Thriller

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A young computer whizz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3.... See more Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing?

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