Fail Safe (1964) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Cast

• Henry Fonda as The President
• Walter Matthau as Prof. Groeteschele
• Fritz Weaver as Col. Cascio
• Larry Hagman as Buck
• Frank Overton as Gen. Bogan
• Edward Binns as Col. Jack Grady
• Dan O'Herlihy as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
• William Hansen as Defense Secretary Swenson
• Russell Hardie as Gen. Stark
• Janet Ward as Helen Grady
• Dom DeLuise as TSgt. Collins
• Russell Collins as Knapp
• Sorrell Booke as Congressman Raskob
• Nancy Berg as Ilsa Wolfe
• John Connell as Thomas
• Frank Simpson as Sullivan
• Hildy Parks as Betty Black
• Dana Elcar as Foster
• Louise Larabee as Mrs. Cascio
• Stewart Germain as Mr. Cascio
• Geri Miller as Go-go Dancer (uncredited)
• Charles Tyner as Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
• Frieda Altman as Jennie
• Will Wright as Bit Part (uncredited)

Crew

• Sidney Lumet — Director
• Max E. Youngstein — Producer
• Gerald Hirschfeld — Director of Photography
• Walter Bernstein — Screenplay
• Eugene Burdick — Novel
• Charles H. Maguire — Producer
• Harvey Wheeler — Novel

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