Wargames
- Director
- John Badham
- Release Date
- June 3, 1983
- Studio(s)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributor(s)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , United Artists
- Cast
- John Wood , Matthew Broderick , Dabney Coleman , Ally Sheedy , Barry Corbin
- Writers
- Walter F. Parkes , Lawrence Lasker
- Runtime
- 114 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Wargames
- Budget
- $12 million
Summary
Starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, Wargames tells the story of a teenage computer whiz who hacks into a military supercomputer and inadvertently starts a countdown to a new World War. The 1983 thriller is directed by Saturday Night Fever director John Badham.
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