---
title: 'The Day After (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicholas Meyer'
released: '1983-11-20'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-day-after-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085404/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Day After (1983)

1983 · 126 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Day After is a 1983 American television film directed by Nicholas Meyer. The war film postulates a fictional conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact over Germany that rapidly escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union. The action itself focuses on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, and several family farms near American missile silos. The cast includes JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, Jason Robards, and John Lithgow. The film was written by Edward Hume and produced by Robert Papazian, with clips from the 1979 Air Force documentary First Strike used.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nicholas Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-meyer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Virgil Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/virgil-thomson), [David Raksin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-raksin)
- **Producer:** [Robert A. Papazian](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-a-papazian)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gayne Rescher](https://cinepixo.com/people/gayne-rescher)
- **Editor:** [Robert Florio](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-florio)

## Cast

- [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow)
- [Bibi Besch](https://cinepixo.com/people/bibi-besch)
- [Lori Lethin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lori-lethin)
- [Amy Madigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-madigan)
- [Steve Guttenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-guttenberg)
- [Jason Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-robards)
- [John Cullum](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cullum)
- [JoBeth Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jobeth-williams)

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