Fail-Safe (1964)
- Original title
- Fail Safe
- Directed by
- Sidney Lumet
- Genre
- thriller film, political thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 476 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A critical error sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow during the Cold War. Military and political leaders work to stop the bombers before they launch a nuclear first strike.
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What happens
Fail Safe is a 1964 American Cold War political thriller film directed and produced by Sidney Lumet, adapted by Walter Bernstein from the 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Dana Elcar, Dom DeLuise and Sorrell Booke. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow, and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on October 7, 1964. It was a commercial disappointment, but was well-received by critics. In 2000, the novel was adapted again as a televised play, and broadcast live in black-and-white on CBS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Thirteen Days (2000)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.