---
title: 'WarGames (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Badham'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wargames-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# WarGames (1983)

1983 · PG · 108 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union, triggering a false alarm that threatens to start World War III. Martin Brest was originally the film's director, but was fired early into production.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Badham](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-badham)
- **Screenplay:** [Lawrence Lasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-lasker), [Walter F. Parkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-f-parkes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur B. Rubinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-b-rubinstein)
- **Producer:** [Leonard Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-goldberg), [Bruce McNall](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-mcnall), [Richard Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hashimoto), [Harold Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-schneider)
- **Director of Photography:** [William A. Fraker](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-fraker)
- **Editor:** [Tom Rolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-rolf)

## Cast

- [Stack Pierce](https://cinepixo.com/people/stack-pierce)
- [Juanin Clay](https://cinepixo.com/people/juanin-clay) as Pat Healy
- [John Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-spencer) as Jerry Lawson
- [Eddie Deezen](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-deezen) as Malvin
- [Dabney Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dabney-coleman) as John McKittrick
- [Matthew Broderick](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-broderick) as David Lightman
- [William Bogert](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bogert)
- [Stephen Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-lee) as Schneider
- [Susan Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-davis)
- [Joe Dorsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dorsey)
- [Art LaFleur](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-lafleur) as Ginzberg
- [Jesse D. Goins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-d-goins)
- [Dennis Lipscomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-lipscomb) as Watson
- [Joseph Dorsey Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-dorsey-jr)
- [Barry Corbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-corbin) as Jack Beringer

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Official site: http://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles/2117/WarGames
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/wargames-1983
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