The Fourth War

IMDb 5.2 1990 • 91 min • DramaThriller

Director

John Frankenheimer

Country

US

Plot Summary

Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on opposite sides of the German-Czech border. Both men are responsible for a group of troops in their remote settings, and both have been shaped by their combat experiences and a shared aversion to their superiors' ways of doing things. After a defector is killed, things escalate into a full-fledged battle with serious geopolitical ramifications.

Top Cast

Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider Col. Jack Knowles
Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow Col. Valachev
Tim Reid
Tim Reid Lt. Col. Clark
Lara Harris
Lara Harris Elena
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton Gen. Hackworth