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Fail Safe

Fail Safe

1964Movie⏱️ 1h 52mApproved🏆 #431 Top Rated
DramaThriller
8.1
IMDB Rating
27,430 votes

A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Director
Sidney Lumet
Writers
Walter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
Stars
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver
Release Date
October 7, 1964
Language
English, Russian
Country
United States
🎯 3
Nominations
💬 212
Reviews
📋 32.8K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
as The President
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
as Dr. Groeteschele
Fritz Weaver
Fritz Weaver
as Colonel Cascio
Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy
as General Black
Frank Overton
Frank Overton
as General Bogan
Edward Binns
Edward Binns
as Colonel Grady
Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman
as Buck
William Hansen
William Hansen
as Secretary Swenson
Russell Hardie
Russell Hardie
as General Stark
Russell Collins
Russell Collins
as Knapp

💰 Box Office

$3,924,000
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

cold warnuclear attackbombernuclear warsystem failure

🎯 Categories

EpicPolitical DramaPolitical ThrillerDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Shocking, brilliant, frightening, wonderful.
by iisaiah2002-01-31
9/10

"See "Fail- Safe." I couldn't sleep without the light on after I saw this fantastically fabricated film. When a machine malfunctions and signals a U.S bomber to drop atomic missiles over Moscow, the Soviet Premier and the U.S President struggle to save the world from nuclear holocaust. The last three minutes are among the most powerful I've seen in a movie...."

💡 Did You Know?

The "computer-generated" image on the control-room screen (including the map of the world, the planes and the explosions) was entirely drawn and animated by hand.

📖 Synopsis

A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?