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Fail Safe

It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!

  • Movie
  • 1964
  • NR
  • 1h 52m

Directed by Sidney Lumet

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 514 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Henry Fonda

    Henry FondaThe President

  • Walter Matthau

    Walter MatthauProf. Groeteschele

  • Fritz Weaver

    Fritz WeaverCol. Cascio

  • Larry Hagman

    Larry HagmanBuck

  • Frank Overton

    Frank OvertonGen. Bogan

  • Edward Binns

    Edward BinnsCol. Jack Grady

  • Dan O'Herlihy

    Dan O'HerlihyBrig. Gen. Warren A. Black

  • William Hansen

    William HansenDefense Secretary Swenson

  • Russell Hardie

    Russell HardieGen. Stark

  • Janet Ward

    Janet WardHelen Grady

  • Dom DeLuise

    Dom DeLuiseTSgt. Collins

  • Russell Collins

    Russell CollinsKnapp

  • Sorrell Booke

    Sorrell BookeCongressman Raskob

  • Nancy BergIlsa Wolfe

  • John Connell

    John ConnellThomas

  • Frank SimpsonSullivan

  • Hildy Parks

    Hildy ParksBetty Black

  • Dana Elcar

    Dana ElcarFoster

Director
Sidney Lumet
Writer
Walter Bernstein, Harvey Wheeler and Eugene Burdick
Cinematography
Gerald Hirschfeld