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Fail Safe
"It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!"
User Score453 votes
78%7.8/10
Release1964→
Runtime1H 52M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
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.
Principal Cast8
Henry Fonda
The President
Walter Matthau
Prof. Groeteschele
Fritz Weaver
Col. Cascio
Larry Hagman
Buck
Frank Overton
Gen. Bogan
Edward Binns
Col. Jack Grady
Dan O'Herlihy
Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
William Hansen
Defense Secretary Swenson
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Sidney Lumet
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NRKeywords
new york cityusa presidentgeneralatomic bombmissilecold warinterpreterpentagonbunkerhydrogen bombstrategic air commandbomberfighter pilotdestroymoscow, russiaair attackairborne attackarmed attackww3
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Columbia Pictures