Fail Safe (1964)
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.
- Released
- 1964-10-07
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Walter Bernstein, Sidney Lumet
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 from 510 votes
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