本片由罗伯特·奥尔德里奇  执导,邀请演员伯特·兰卡斯特  约瑟夫·科顿  茂文·道格拉斯  出演的恐怖片类型电影，讲述A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.