Fail Safe (1964)

Name: Fail Safe
Director: Sidney Lumet
Released: 1964-10-07
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton

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112 min

"It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!"

Plot Summary

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.