Fail Safe (1964)

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NR | 1 hr 52 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adaptation | Released: 1/1/1964

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Synopsis:

A transmission blunder sets a convoy of bombers off to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow, and it's too late to get them to turn back. The President and the military brass are forced to confront the apocalyptic demise that looms before them and resort to drastic measures to save the world.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1964

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Sidney Lumet	Director
Cast	Credit
Henry Fonda	The President
Dan O'Herlihy	General Buck
Walter Matthau	Mr Groeteschele
Frank Overton	General Bogan
Fritz Weaver	Colonel Cascio
Edward Binns	Colonel Grady
Larry Hagman	Buck
Robert Gerringer	Flynn
Sorrell Booke	Congressman Raskob
Nancy Berg	Ilsa Wolfe
Hildy Parks	Betty Black
William Hansen	Secretary Swenson
Russell Collins	Mr Knapp
John Connell	Thomas
Frank Simpson	Sullivan
Russell Hardie	General Stark
Janet Ward	Mrs Grady
Dom DeLuise	Sergeant Collins
Dana Elcar	Foster
Stuart Germain	Mr Cascio
Louise Larabee	Mrs Carascio
Frieda Altman	Jennie
Janet Ward
Production Credits	Credit
Max E Youngstein	Producer
Charles H Maguire	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Sidney Lumet Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Walter Bernstein	Screenplay
Eugene Burdick	Source Material (from novel)
Harvey Wheeler	Source Material (from novel)
Art Department	Credit
J C Delaney	Set Decorator
Albert Brenner	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Al Taffet	Camera Operator
Gerald Hirschfeld	Director of Photography
Production Management	Credit
Harry Falk Jr	Assistant Director
Marguerite James	Continuity
Sound	Credit
Jack Fitzstephens	Sound Editor
William Swift	Sound Mixer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Harry Buchman	Makeup
Anna Hill Johnstone	Costume Designer

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