Fail Safe

• 7.818 Thriller
• 1964-10-07
• 112 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Henry Fonda (The President) Walter Matthau (Prof. Groeteschele) Fritz Weaver (Col. Cascio) Larry Hagman (Buck) Frank Overton (Gen. Bogan) Edward Binns (Col. Jack Grady) Dan O'Herlihy (Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black) William Hansen (Defense Secretary Swenson) Russell Hardie (Gen. Stark) Janet Ward (Helen Grady)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writer:

Walter Bernstein