WarGames (1983)
Is it a game, or is it real?
114 min
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.
- Release date
- June 3, 1983
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $124,600,000
Trailer
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as David Lightman
- Ally Sheedy as Jennifer
- John Wood as Falken
- Dabney Coleman as McKittrick
- Barry Corbin as General Beringer
- Juanin Clay as Pat Healy
- Kent Williams as Cabot
- Dennis Lipscomb as Watson
- Joe Dorsey as Conley
- Irving Metzman as Richter
Crew
- John Badham · Director
- Lawrence Lasker · Writer
- Walter F. Parkes · Writer
- Harold Schneider · Producer
- Arthur B. Rubinstein · Composer
- William A. Fraker · Cinematographer
- Tom Rolf · Editor
- Wallis Nicita · Casting director
- Angelo P. Graham · Production designer