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Fail-Safe
Running Time: 111 min.
MPAA Rating: NR
Produced By: / Columbia Pictures
Release By: Columbia Pictures

Summary:
Based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, Fail-Safe is set for the most part at Strategic Air Command headquarters, where a misguided transmission sends a squadron of bombers hurtling towards Russia, fully prepared to drop their atomic... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Henry Fonda (President) Walter Matthau (Groeteschele) Frank Overton (Gen. Bogan) Edward Binns (Col. Grady) All Cast & Crew >> Review: Sidney Lumet's cold war thriller, adapted from the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, is a reasonably tense and well-played cautionary tale on the threat of nuclear holocaust with echoes of the then-recent Cuban missile crisis. The plot, whi ... Continue >>

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