Fail Safe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-01-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(14056 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Genres:

Drama Thriller

Cast:

Dan O'Herlihy Walter Matthau Frank Overton Edward Binns

Writer:

Walter Bernstein (screenplay)

Eugene Burdick (from the novel by)

Harvey Wheeler (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

A series of human and computer errors sends a squadron of American 'Vindicator' bombers to nuke Moscow. The President, in order to convince the Soviets that this is a mistake, orders the Strategic Air Command to help the Soviets stop them.

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