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Fail Safe

Sidney Lumet

1964 • 1h 52m

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 occurrin...

Fail Safe

Fail-Safe (1964) - Trailer

Cast

Henry Fonda

Henry FondaThe President

Walter Matthau

Walter MatthauProf. Groeteschele

Fritz Weaver

Fritz WeaverCol. Cascio

Larry Hagman

Larry HagmanBuck

Frank Overton

Frank OvertonGen. Bogan

Edward Binns

Edward BinnsCol. Jack Grady

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'HerlihyBrig. Gen. Warren A. Black

William Hansen

William HansenDefense Secretary Swenson

Russell Hardie

Russell HardieGen. Stark

Janet Ward

Janet WardHelen Grady

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuiseTSgt. Collins

Russell Collins

Russell CollinsKnapp

Sorrell Booke

Sorrell BookeCongressman Raskob

Nancy BergIlsa Wolfe

John Connell

John ConnellThomas

Crew

Sidney Lumet

Sidney LumetDirector

Gerald Hirschfeld

Gerald HirschfeldDirector of Photography

Walter Bernstein

Walter BernsteinScreenplay

Harry Falk

Harry FalkAssistant Director

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