Release date:Oct 7, 1964

Runtime:1h 52m

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Fail Safe

★ 7.5

Synopsis of "Fail Safe":

"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."

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Genres:

ThrillerDramaWar

Language:

English

Cast of "Fail Safe":

Henry Fonda ... as The President

Walter Matthau ... as Prof. Groeteschele

Fritz Weaver ... as Col. Cascio

Larry Hagman ... as Buck

Frank Overton ... as Gen. Bogan

Edward Binns ... as Col. Jack Grady

Dan O'Herlihy ... as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

William Hansen ... as Defense Secretary Swenson

Russell Hardie ... as Gen. Stark

Janet Ward ... as Helen Grady

Dom DeLuise ... as TSgt. Collins

Russell Collins ... as Knapp

Sorrell Booke ... as Congressman Raskob

Nancy Berg ... as Ilsa Wolfe

John Connell ... as Thomas

Frank Simpson ... as Sullivan

Hildy Parks ... as Betty Black

Dana Elcar ... as Foster

Louise Larabee ... as Mrs. Cascio

Stewart Germain ... as Mr. Cascio

Geri Miller ... as Go-go Dancer (uncredited)

Charles Tyner ... as Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)

Frieda Altman ... as Jennie

Will Wright ... as Bit Part (uncredited)

Crew:

Max E. Youngstein... (Producer)

Gerald Hirschfeld... (Director of Photography)

J.C. Delaney... (Set Decoration)

Albert Brenner... (Art Direction)

Jack Fitzstephens... (Sound Editor)

Sidney Lumet... (Executive Producer)

Walter Bernstein... (Screenplay)

William Swift... (Sound mixer)

Eugene Burdick... (Novel)

Charles H. Maguire... (Producer)

Ralph Rosenblum... (Editor)

Harvey Wheeler... (Novel)

Anna Hill Johnstone... (Costume Design)

Eugene Burdick... (Script)

Albert Taffet... (Camera Operator)

Bill Herman... (Makeup Department Head)

Harry Falk... (Assistant Director)

Content rating:

NR (United States) · TP (France) · 16 (Germany)