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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 nuclear first ...
Fail Safe: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns. A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
- (25K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Sidney Lumet
- 1964-10-07
Novel. Walter Bernstein. Screenplay. 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.
Overview. 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. Sidney Lumet. Harvey Wheeler. Eugene Burdick. Walter Bernstein.
Fail Safe, American thriller film, released in 1964, that centres on an accidental nuclear attack during the Cold War. Director Sidney Lumet shot the black-and-white movie in a minimalist, claustrophobic, documentary style and without a musical score to heighten the tension.
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Cast. Fail Safe is a Cold War thriller directed by Sidney Lumet, featuring Henry Fonda as the U.S. President. The film explores a critical moment when a technical malfunction sends American bombers toward the Soviet Union, raising the specter of a nuclear catastrophe.