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Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow , and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a ...
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted? IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic drama directed by Sidney Lumet.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Sidney Lumet
- 1964-10-07
During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are equipped with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when and if to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system...
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- Henry Fonda
- Sidney Lumet
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
Nov 1, 2022 · by. Sidney Lumet. Publication date. 1964. Topics. political thriller. Fail-Safe 1964 Sidney Lumet. Addeddate. 2022-11-01 13:39:16.
- 112 min
Fail Safe is a 1964 movie directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau. It depicts a fictional nuclear crisis caused by a computer malfunction and explores the dangers of mutually assured destruction.
- The President
When the United States Air Force's elaborate fail-safe systems fail, a squadron of nuclear-armed bombers crosses the Bering Strait into the USSR to attack. No one is quite sure why it happened but it's left to the President of the United States to try and find a solution with his Soviet counterpart.
A classic political thriller based on a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. A malfunction in the U.S. nuclear system triggers a crisis that could lead to a global war.
