Fail Safe

“It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!”

7.8

1964

1h 52m

ThrillerDramaWar

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.

Key Crew

Director

Sidney Lumet

Producers

Charles H. Maguire

Max E. Youngstein

Writers

Walter Bernstein

Cinematography

Gerald Hirschfeld

Cast (24)

Henry Fonda

The President

Walter Matthau

Prof. Groeteschele

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Cast (24)

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