Fail Safe

Fail Safe

1964 · 112 min · EN · NR · 7.8 (333 votes)
Dir. Sidney Lumet · Starring Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton, Edward Binns

It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!

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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.

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A chillingly plausible nightmare of Cold War brinkmanship. The film crackles with a palpable sense of dread, forcing you to confront the terrifying fragility of peace under the shadow of nuclear war. It’s a stark, intelligent thriller that grips you with its moral quandaries.

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