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Sidney Lumet-directed Cold War drama in which the U.S. President must race to cancel an accidental nuclear attack order on...
Sidney Lumet-directed Cold War drama in which the U.S. President must race to cancel an accidental nuclear attack order on Russia. Stars Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau.
During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are fitted with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system malfunction, the President of the United States (Fonda) must scramble to fix the mistake before bombs are dropped on Moscow...
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93 %30 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
91 %7,211 reviewsAudience score rating
"It faithfully translates on the screen the power and seething drama of the Eugene Burdick-Harvey Wheeler book."
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Variety
Variety"Lumet sensibly avoids pyrotechnics in favour of tightening the psychological screws ..."
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Time Out
Time Out"It packs a melodramatic wallop that will rattle a lot of chattering teeth."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"An impressive and disturbing brink-of-doom thriller."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineFail-Safe | Details
- Rating
- PG, Mild themes
- Runtime
- 112
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
