Fail Safe
It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!
1964 | 112m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
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| Writer: | Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler, Walter Bernstein |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 07, 1964 |
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| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
| Writer: | Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler, Walter Bernstein |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | usa president, general, atomic bomb, cold war, interpreter, pentagon, bunker, hydrogen bomb, strategic air command, bomber, fighter pilot, missile, destroy, moscow, russia, air attack, airborne attack, armed attack, ww3 |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Henry Fonda | The President |
| Walter Matthau | Prof. Groeteschele |
| Fritz Weaver | Col. Cascio |
| Larry Hagman | Buck |
| Frank Overton | Gen. Bogan |
| Edward Binns | Col. Jack Grady |
| Dan O'Herlihy | Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black |
| William Hansen | Defense Secretary Swenson |
| Russell Hardie | Gen. Stark |
| Janet Ward | Helen Grady |
| Dom DeLuise | TSgt. Collins |
| Russell Collins | Knapp |
| Sorrell Booke | Congressman Raskob |
| Nancy Berg | Ilsa Wolfe |
| John Connell | Thomas |
| Frank Simpson | Sullivan |
| Hildy Parks | Betty Black |
| Dana Elcar | Foster |
| Louise Larabee | Mrs. Cascio |
| Stewart Germain | Mr. Cascio |
| Geri Miller | Go-go Dancer (uncredited) |
| Charles Tyner | Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited) |
| Frieda Altman | Jennie |
| Will Wright | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Eugene Burdick | Novel, Script |
| Harvey Wheeler | Novel |
| Ralph Rosenblum | Editor |
| Albert Brenner | Art Direction |
| J.C. Delaney | Set Decoration |
| Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Design |
| Jack Fitzstephens | Sound Editor |
| William Swift | Sound mixer |
| Bill Herman | Makeup Department Head |
| Albert Taffet | Camera Operator |
| Walter Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Gerald Hirschfeld | Director of Photography |
| Harry Falk | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Max E. Youngstein | Producer |
| Charles H. Maguire | Producer |
| Sidney Lumet | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 25 | 47 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 29 | 51 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 23 | 41 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 6 | 807 | 888 |