Fail Safe (1964) Reviews & Ratings

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Fail Safe holds a 7.8/10 average from 501 TMDB ratings.

**Fail Safe (1964)** _Directed by Sidney Lumet_ Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe is one of the first Hollywood films to seriously propose that nuclear Armageddon could be brought about by system error. A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow with orders to attack, and the President (Henry Fonda) must work desperately to stop catastrophe before it's too late. Based on a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Whe…
— badelf (9/10)

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.

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