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Fail-Safe
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7.8Because 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.
Released: 1964-10-07112 minDir: Sidney LumetThriller, Drama, War
Cast
- Henry Fonda as The President
- Walter Matthau as Prof. Groeteschele
- Fritz Weaver as Col. Cascio
- Larry Hagman as Buck
- Frank Overton as Gen. Bogan
- Edward Binns as Col. Jack Grady
Themes
- new york city
- usa president
- general
- atomic bomb
- missile
- cold war
- interpreter
- pentagon
- bunker
- hydrogen bomb
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 873767
- Image
- Edward Binns in Fail-Safe trailer.jpg
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- publication date
- 1964-10-07
- title
- Fail-Safe
- Commons category
- Fail Safe (1964 film)
- review score
- 75/100
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Categories
1960s political thriller films1964 American films1964 English-language films1964 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican political thriller filmsCold War aviation filmsColumbia Pictures filmsEnglish-language political thriller filmsFilms about fictional presidents of the United StatesFilms about nuclear war and weaponsFilms based on American novelsFilms based on military novelsFilms based on thriller novelsFilms directed by Sidney LumetFilms involved in plagiarism controversiesFilms set in 1964Films set in bunkersFilms set in MoscowFilms set in NebraskaFilms set in New York CityFilms set in the ArcticFilms set in Washington, D.C.Films set on airplanes