
Matthew Broderick
David Lightman


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“Is it a game, or is it real?”
PG · 18 Aug 1983 · 114 min · English
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The film
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 Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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David Lightman

McKittrick

Stephen Falken

Jennifer

General Beringer

Pat Healy

Cabot

Watson
Conley

Richter

Beringer's Aide

Mr. Lightman
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