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The Day After
Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
Not Rated
1983
2h 7m
Science Fiction
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Drama
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and more
7.0
86%
69%
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The frightening story of the weeks leading up to and following a nuclear strike on the United States. The bulk of the activity centers around the town of Lawrence, Kansas.
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Cast of The Day After
Jason Robards
Dr. Russell Oakes
JoBeth Williams
Nurse Nancy Bauer
Steve Guttenberg
Stephen Klein
John Cullum
Jim Dahlberg
John Lithgow
Joe Huxley
Bibi Besch
Eve Dahlberg
Lori Lethin
Denise Dahlberg
Amy Madigan
Alison Ransom
Jeff East
Bruce Gallatin
Georgann Johnson
Helen Oakes
William Allen Young
Airman Billy McCoy
Calvin Jung
Dr. Sam Hachya
Lin McCarthy
Dr. Austin
Dennis Lipscomb
Reverend Walker
Clayton Day
Dennis Hendry
Doug Scott
Danny Dahlberg
Ellen Anthony
Joleen Dahlberg
Kyle Aletter
Marilyn Oakes
Alston Ahern
Cynthia
William Allyn
Professor
Antonie Becker
Ellen Hendry
Pamela Brown
Nurse
Jonathan Estrin
Julian French
Stephen Furst
Aldo
Arliss Howard
Tom Cooper
Rosanna Huffman
Dr. Wallenberg
Barbara Harris
TV Host
Bob Meister
Cody
Vahan Moosekian
Mack
George Petrie
Dr. Landowska
Glenn Robards
Barber #2
Tom Spratley
Barber #1
Stan Wilson
Vinnie Conrad
Arthur Ashe
TV Newscaster (uncredited)
Billy Beck
Dying Old Man Squatter (uncredited)
Brian Beltran
College Student (uncredited)
Bill Baker
College Student (uncredited)
The Day After Ratings & Reviews
Todd Sellers
March 6, 2025
watching this in 2025 as a 53yo adult doesn't have the same effect if I had seen it in 1982 at 11.
Mediasharx
Caffeinated Clint
An unforgettable and highly moving experience. I guarantee you - you won't forget it. * * * * stars
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
A major event by any measure, this ABC production resonated far beyond the boob tube, with controversy swirling around its creation, content and broadcast.
Tampa Tribune
Walt Belcher
Kansas City is blown off the face of the earth in a controversial made-for-TV movie that blends big-screen special effects with old-fashioned storytelling. The ultimate horror story.
Boston Phoenix
Scott Rosenberg
It blends right in with the surrounding mediocrities on the TV schedule; and once you let it into your living room, it will turn off the lights, block the exits, and proceed to dismember your psychological defenses.
Hartford Courant
Marc Gunther
Remarkable television. Watching it is an unsettling, upsetting and uncomfortable experience. But, even if you rarely watch TV watch this.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Win Fanning
Those who tune to The Day After are in for the most mind-boggling, nerve-wracking 2.5 hours they have ever spent before the tube.
Washington Post
Tom Shales
The Day After will upset people. It ought to.
Baltimore Sun
Bill Carter
To ask whether The Day After is a "good movie" is to ask a pointless question. Good and bad are not at issue here. The operative adjectives are "chilling," "disturbing," "depressing."
TIME Magazine
Jay Cocks
Under all the furor, spontaneous or manufactured, and the high urgency, real or prefabricated just for the premiere, is the film, a frail vessel indeed to bear the fate of mankind.
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