Fail Safe (1964)

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.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Written by: Walter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

Starring: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Dan O'Herlihy, William Hansen, Russell Hardie, Janet Ward

Genre: Thriller, Drama

Released: 1964-10-07

Runtime: 112 minutes

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