Fail Safe

"It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!"

Oct 7 1964 Approved 1h 52m
Drama, Thriller

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.

Plot

A series of human and computer errors sends a squadron of American 'Vindicator' bombers to nuke Moscow. The President, in order to convince the Soviets that this is a mistake, orders the Strategic Air Command to help the Soviets stop them.

Written by

Walter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 nominations total

Trailers
Fail-Safe (1964) - Trailer
Featurettes
Joe Dante on FAIL SAFE
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