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Fail-Safe (1964) USA / 112 min
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Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War /  more »
Awards: 3 nominations  more »
User Ratings: 8.0 (5,955 votes)  more »
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Summary: American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it's a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?  more »
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Filmmakers: Sidney Lumet - Director, Eugene Burdick - Writer (novel), Harvey Wheeler - Writer (novel), Walter Bernstein - Writer (screenplay), Max E. Youngstein - Producer, Gerald Hirschfeld - Cinematographer, Ralph Rosenblum - Editor  more »
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Dan O'Herlihy ... Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black 6,212 

 Walter Matthau ... Prof. Groeteschele 1,980 

 Frank Overton ... Gen. Bogan 16,084 
Ed Binns ... Col. Jack Grady 12,515 
Fritz Weaver ... Col. Cascio 10,207 
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