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Fail Safe

Fail Safe

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.

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Release: 1964-10-07Runtime: 112 minRating: 7.821 (458)

Cast

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

The President

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Prof. Groeteschele

Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Col. Cascio

Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman

Buck

Frank Overton

Frank Overton

Gen. Bogan

Edward Binns

Edward Binns

Col. Jack Grady

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

William Hansen

William Hansen

Defense Secretary Swenson

Russell Hardie

Russell Hardie

Gen. Stark

Janet Ward

Janet Ward

Helen Grady

Crew

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Director

Max E. Youngstein

Producer

Gerald Hirschfeld

Gerald Hirschfeld

Director of Photography

J.C. Delaney

Set Decoration

Albert Brenner

Art Direction

Jack Fitzstephens

Sound Editor

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Executive Producer

Walter Bernstein

Walter Bernstein

Screenplay

William Swift

Sound mixer

Eugene Burdick

Novel

Clips & Videos

Fail-Safe (1964) - Trailer

Fail-Safe (1964) - Trailer

Joe Dante on FAIL SAFE

Joe Dante on FAIL SAFE

Fail-Safe - Trailer

Fail-Safe - Trailer