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Fail Safe (1964)

★ 7.8 · 465 ratings on TMDB

It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!

Fail Safe poster★ 7.8

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.

DirectorSidney Lumet
CastDan O'Herlihy, Edward Binns, Frank Overton, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Janet Ward
GenresDrama, Thriller, War
The emergence reading

Fail Safe keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E11/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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