Movie
Fail Safe
20001h 26m6.9 / 10
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
More about Fail Safe
Cast
Walter CronkiteSelf - Host
Richard DreyfussPresident
Noah WyleBuck
Brian DennehyGen. Bogan
Sam ElliottCongressman Raskob
James CromwellGordon Knapp
John DiehlCol. Cascio
Hank AzariaProf. GroetescheleCredits
- Directed by
- Stephen Frears
- Written by
- Walter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Warner Bros. TelevisionUnited States- Maysville Pictures
Themes
air forceatomic bombbased on novel or bookcold warmoral dilemmanuclear warrussiausa president
