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  • Fail-Safe
  • Opened October 7, 1964 | Runtime:1 hr. 51 min.
  • NR
  • During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are equipped with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when and if to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system malfunction, the President of the United States (Henry Fonda) must Read More
  • Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Dan O'Herlihy, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman
  • Director: Sidney Lumet
  • Genres: Disaster Film, Political Thriller, Thriller

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