Fail-Safe (1964)

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8	IMDB rating

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Sidney Lumet

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Dan O'Herlihy
Gen. Black

Walter Matthau
Dr. Groeteschele

Frank Overton
Gen. Bogan

Edward Binns
Col. Grady

Fritz Weaver
Col. Cascio

Henry Fonda
The President

Larry Hagman
Buck

William Hansen
Secretary Swenson

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Walter Bernstein
(screenplay)

Eugene Burdick
(from the novel by)

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Fail-Safe or Strangelove? That Is the Question

6 years, 9 months ago at Jan 7 14:03

Michael M

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*** This review contains spoilers ***Fail-Safe is largely overshadowed by Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove due to both movies being released in the same year. Both films deal with the events leading up to a nuclear strike although Fail-Safe takes a serious approach as opposed to the comedic nature of Dr. Strangelove. I much prefer Fail-Safe which I feel is a considerably more suspenseful film t... read more

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fernando

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Kubrick y su Dr Strangelove le robaron pantalla a este buen Lumet, que enerva el argumento del fin nuclear con un presidente Fonda ( a ese siempre me lo creo) que desturye NY para salvar al mundo en pacto con su homólogo ruso. Eso vale...y Matthau impecablemente facho

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When a military computer error deploys a squadron of SAC bombers to destroy Moscow, the American President (Fonda) tries to call them back. But their sophisticated fail-safe system prevents him from aborting the attack, so he must convince the Soviets not to retaliate. In desperation, the President offers to sacrifice an American city if his pilots succeed in their deadly mission over Moscow.

Release date: 7 October 1964
UPC: 043396054240

Tags: Cold War (5), Drama (4), Thriller (3), Adventure (3), 1960s (3), Military (2), Thinking (2), Pilot (2), 1964 (2), Politics (1), Control (1), War (1), Usa (1), Computer (1), End Of The World (1), Time (1), Black & White (1), Russia (1), Nuclear War (1), Alaska (1)

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