Fail Safe (2000)

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Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

• Released: 2000-04-09
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
• Runtime: 1h 26m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 89 votes

Directed by Stephen Frears.

Top cast

• Walter Cronkite as Self - Host
• Richard Dreyfuss as President
• Noah Wyle as Buck
• Brian Dennehy as Gen. Bogan
• Sam Elliott as Congressman Raskob
• James Cromwell as Gordon Knapp
• John Diehl as Col. Cascio
• Hank Azaria as Prof. Groeteschele
• Norman Lloyd as Defense Secretary Swenson
• Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Stark

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Fail Safe

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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