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A State of Emergency
A chain reaction. Only he can stop it. Tomorrow's dawn is in his hands.
This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests will set off an atomic chain reaction that will obliterate the world. Carmody travels to Portugal where he tries talks to one of the women who in 1911 saw a vision of the Virgin Mary that spoke to her and her two companions about the future. Carmody is certain that the Virgin Mary predicted the very chain reaction he and his co-worker Dr. Kenneth Parrish (Peter Firth) envision. Failing in his attempt to talk to the woman, Carmody then travels to Paris and elsewhere, warning Soviet and American officials that the tests they are planning should be cancelled before they become their last.
A State of Emergency
Rating
1.3/10
Release Date
1986-11-01
Runtime
97 minutes
Status
Released
Cast
![Martin Sheen](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fm2Y3Q0uyuW6htrn2W9UWCWMkpZu.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Martin Sheen
Alex Carmody
![Peter Firth](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fo7zbRKlhY8v9mhxyBvAwou7l200.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Peter Firth
Ken Parrish
![Fionnula Flanagan](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fee3vqFhrmKMRsqqHFLm1rcwGE93.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Fionnula Flanagan
Diane Carmody
![Ramon Estevez](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F91nRHZNodv5o4gJSndnjhrnGoTA.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Ramon Estevez
Brian Carmody
![William Hootkins](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fdav2i86GN0UvYIyoTwQmGE8Nweg.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
William Hootkins
Earl Linton
![Tim Pigott-Smith](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F37OZUY7cq8eoWxhKR2VD1ppusJM.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Tim Pigott-Smith
Father Joe Ryan
![Frances Tomelty](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FnZPZijCmdr5HvpiprTDAEbpwtlU.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Frances Tomelty
Jackie Hampton
![François Guétary](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FgNi5hdsOkjz256H3cuJXNEl8J7I.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
François Guétary
Jean-Pierre Belair
![Kenneth Haigh](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FaAxeWDWABrZWKzKZOIpp4htCkW4.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Kenneth Haigh
Nathan Weis
![Daniel Woźniak](/_next/image?url=%2Flogo.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Daniel Woźniak
Uri Lopte
![Dudley Sutton](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F3xjbUsuCgRmR3NLZ5bPybE9XLEz.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Dudley Sutton
Mikhail S. Petrov
![Bobby Sherman](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Ft8Rmt06WdlrVpMWglGITdLgfLvv.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Bobby Sherman
Jack Tyler