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.
| Directing | John Frankenheimer | Director |
| Writing | Stephen Peters | Novel |
| Writing | Stephen Peters | Screenplay |
| Art | Alan Manzer | Production Design |
| Art | Rick Roberts | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bill Conti | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Robert F. Shugrue | Editor |
| Camera | Gerry Fisher | Director of Photography |
| Art | Janice Blackie-Goodine | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ray Summers | Costume Design |
| Writing | Kenneth Ross | Screenplay |
| Production | Wolf Schmidt | Producer |
| Production | William Stuart | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sam Perlmutter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harold Jack Bloom | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert L. Rosen | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iloe Flewelling | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Louis Lazzara | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Les Kimber | Production Manager |
| Directing | Julia Done | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Don French | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert L. Rosen | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Howard Rothschild | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joe Thornton | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Art | Alfred A. Arndt | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Sean Blackie | Set Dresser |
| Art | Dean Goodine | Props |
| Art | George Griffiths | Standby Painter |
| Art | Tedd Kuchera | Set Dresser |
| Art | Fred Lucky | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Gary Clayton Ripley | Painter |
| Art | Arthur Shippee | Property Master |
| Crew | Warren Simmons | Carpenter |
| Art | Ken Wills | Set Dresser |
| Sound | James Dean Fisher | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Grover B. Helsley | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Uri Katoni | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Le Mare | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Mike Le Mare | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Anthony Palk | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Troy Porter | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | John Post | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Michael Rafferty | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Karola Storr | Foley Editor |
| Sound | George Tarrant | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Doug E. Turner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Grant Burdette | Special Effects |
| Crew | Lee Routly | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Maurice Routly | Special Effects Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joanne Hansen | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilbert Loe | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Phil Hetos | Color Timer |
| Production | Neale Joudrie | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Murray Ord | Location Manager |
| Sound | Jack Eskew | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Ken Johnson | Music Editor |
| Sound | William Kidd | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Steve Livingston | Music Editor |
| Directing | Karen Bédard | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Renate Schneuer | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lynne Bespflug | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Tim A. Davison | Stunts |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Brent Woolsey | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Guy Bews | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Bews | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Eirikson | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Finkbeiner | Stunts |
| Crew | Wayne Fullerton | Stunts |
| Crew | Jason Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Reg Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Morelli | Stunts |
| Crew | Jacob Rupp | Stunts |
| Crew | Greg Schlosser | Stunts |
| Crew | Brent Woolsey | Stunts |
| Production | Les Kimber | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Frank C. Spolar | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bette Chadwick | Casting |
| Art | John Gregor | Set Dresser |
| Art | Darryl Elliott | Set Dresser |
| Art | Randy Schrader | Greensman |
| Art | Bruce Hosick | Props |
| Camera | David Crone | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Armin Matter | Camera Operator |
| Camera | James Head | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Perry Hoffman | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dan Heather | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jim Stacey | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bob Akester | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Don Miernecki | Camera Trainee |
| Camera | Dale H. Jahraus | Camera Trainee |
| Editing | Mary Rosen | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Cheryl Burke | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Greg Jacobs | Dialogue Editor |
| Lighting | Ron Williams | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Jim Gregor | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | T. Dean Merrells | Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Rod Merrells | Generator Operator |
| Camera | Tom D. May | Key Grip |
| Camera | Ivan Hawkes | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Rex Cooley | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Leonard Schmidt | Grip |
| Camera | Gordon Schmidt | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allen Hosick | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | B.J. Elliott | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rose Johnson | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dianne Jolly | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Al Magallon | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Braden Wright | Publicist |
| Production | Nancy Gullett | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Heather Meehan | Production Secretary |
| Production | Marilyn Moyer | Production Accountant |
| Production | Patricia Compton | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Mary Goose | Assistant Accountant |
| Crew | Ed Soibelman | Dialogue Coach |
| Crew | Cy Barry | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Dennis Pugh | Transportation Captain |
| Production | Jaci Majer | Extras Casting |
| Production | Rhonda Grayson | Assistant Extras Casting |
| Production | Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Crew | Mary Hosick | Craft Service |
| Crew | Brenda Cooley | Craft Service |
| Camera | J. Barry Herron | Second Unit Director of Photography |
