WarGames poster
Director John Badham
Screenplay Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker

WarGames

Tagline: Is it a game, or is it real?

Release Date: 1983-06-03

Duration: 114 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Matthew Broderick
    David Lightman
  • William H. Macy
    NORAD Officer (uncredited)
  • Ally Sheedy
    Jennifer
  • Michael Madsen
    Steve
  • Barry Corbin
    General Beringer
  • Eddie Deezen
    Malvin
  • Irving Metzman
    Richter
  • Dabney Coleman
    McKittrick
  • Jason Bernard
    Captain Knewt
  • Maury Chaykin
    Jim Sting