WarGames (1983)

06/03/1983 1h 54m

Is it a game, or is it real?

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

Matthew Broderick

as David Lightman

Born 03/21/1962, age

Dabney Coleman

as McKittrick

Born 01/03/1932, age

John Wood

as Stephen Falken

Born 07/05/1930

Died 08/06/2011, age

Ally Sheedy

as Jennifer

Born 06/13/1962, age

Barry Corbin

as General Beringer

Born 10/16/1940, age

Juanin Clay

as Pat Healy

Born 11/26/1949

Died 03/12/1995, age

Kent Williams

as Cabot

Born 12/27/1950, age

Dennis Lipscomb

as Watson

Born 03/01/1942

Died 07/30/2014, age

James Tolkan

as Wigan

Born 06/20/1931, age

John Spencer

as Jerry

Born 12/20/1946

Died 12/16/2005, age

Michael Madsen

as Steve

Born 09/25/1957, age

Jason Bernard

as Captain Knewt

Born 05/17/1938

Died 10/16/1996, age

Maury Chaykin

as Jim Sting

Born 07/27/1949

Died 07/27/2010, age

Eddie Deezen

as Malvin

Born 03/06/1958, age

Art LaFleur

as Guard

Born 09/09/1943

Died 11/17/2021, age

William H. Macy

as NORAD Officer (uncredited)

Born 03/13/1950, age