By Dawn's Early Light

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By Dawn's Early Light is a 1990 tv movie and action movie directed by Jack Sholder. It stars Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay and James Earl Jones. It runs 1h 41m and is rated PG. TMDB users rate it 6.5 out of 10. Streaming in the US on Prime Video.

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.