Movie
Fail Safe
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-10-07
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Henry Fonda as The President
- Walter Matthau as Prof. Groeteschele
- Fritz Weaver as Col. Cascio
- Larry Hagman as Buck
- Frank Overton as Gen. Bogan
- Edward Binns as Col. Jack Grady
- Dan O'Herlihy as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
- William Hansen as Defense Secretary Swenson
- Russell Hardie as Gen. Stark
- Janet Ward as Helen Grady
- Dom DeLuise as TSgt. Collins
- Russell Collins as Knapp
Crew
- Sidney Lumet - Director
- Walter Bernstein - Screenplay
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