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Fail-Safe

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Fail Safe (TV) (TV)

Original title

Fail-Safe

Year

1964

Running time

111 min.

Country

United States

Director

Sidney Lumet

Screenwriter

Walter Bernstein, Peter George. Novel: Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

Cast

Cinematography

Gerald Hirschfeld (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Mystery. Thriller. Drama. War | Nuclear Holocaust. Cold War

Synopsis

A technical malfunction in the Pentagon's strategic control system causes an erroneous order to be sent to a B-58 squadron on a routine training mission instructing the bombers to fly beyond their fail safe distance. At this point the flight crew are trained to cease communications and prepare to fulfill their objective by bombing Moscow. As the planes near their target, the crisis deepens and together the Americans and Soviets decide on a final, desperate solution.

Rankings Position

#37 Best War Movies/War Film
#69 Best Thrillers in the history of film
#73 Best Mystery Films

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