Fail Safe (1964)
Movie
1964
1 HOUR 51 MINS
Thriller
When a bomb order is inadvertently administered, the President of the United States must scramble to fix the mistake before the bombs are dropped on Moscow.
Cast & Crew
Henry Fonda The President
Walter Matthau Prof. Groeteschele
Dan O'Herlihy Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
Sorrell Booke Congressman Raskob
Larry Hagman Buck
Frank Overton Gen. Bogan (SAC, Omaha)
Dom DeLuise TSgt. Collins
William Hansen Secretary Swenson
Sidney Lumet Director
Eugene Burdick Writer (Novel)
Harvey Wheeler Writer (Novel)
Walter Bernstein Writer (Screenplay)
Max E. Youngstein Producer
Sidney Lumet Co-Executive Producer
Charles H. Maguire Associate Producer
Gerald Hirschfeld Cinematography
Ralph Rosenblum Film Editing
Albert Brenner Art Director
J.C. DeLaney Set Decoration
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