new york city,usa president,general,atomic bomb,missile,cold war,interpreter,pentagon,bunker,hydrogen bomb,strategic air command,bomber,fighter pilot,destroy,moscow, russia,air attack,airborne attack,armed attack,ww3

Fail Safe (1964)

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It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Sidney Lumet
  • Profile picture of Henry Fonda
    The President Henry Fonda
  • Profile picture of Walter Matthau
    Prof. Groeteschele Walter Matthau
  • Profile picture of Fritz Weaver
    Col. Cascio Fritz Weaver
  • Profile picture of Larry Hagman
    Buck Larry Hagman
  • Profile picture of Frank Overton
    Gen. Bogan Frank Overton
  • Profile picture of Edward Binns
    Col. Jack Grady Edward Binns
  • Profile picture of Dan O'Herlihy
    Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black Dan O'Herlihy
  • Profile picture of William Hansen
    Defense Secretary Swenson William Hansen

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Keywords

  • new york city
  • usa president
  • general
  • atomic bomb
  • missile
  • cold war
  • interpreter
  • pentagon
  • bunker
  • hydrogen bomb
  • strategic air command
  • bomber
  • fighter pilot
  • destroy
  • moscow, russia
  • air attack
  • airborne attack
  • armed attack
  • ww3