Fail Safe poster
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IMDb8.0/10(24000 votes)
Director Sidney Lumet
Screenplay Walter Bernstein

Fail Safe

ThrillerDramaWar1964

Tagline: It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!

Release Date: 1964-10-07

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

Casting

  • Henry Fonda
    The President
  • Walter Matthau
    Prof. Groeteschele
  • Edward Binns
    Col. Jack Grady
  • Larry Hagman
    Buck
  • Dan O'Herlihy
    Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
  • Sorrell Booke
    Congressman Raskob
  • Will Wright
    Bit Part (uncredited)
  • Dom DeLuise
    TSgt. Collins
  • Dana Elcar
    Foster
  • Fritz Weaver
    Col. Cascio
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