Fail Safe

Section: Close-up Sidney Lumet
Title: Fail Safe
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dan O’Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Edward Binns
Duration: 1h 52m
Country: United States
Language: en
Year: 1964

When a military computer error deploys a squadron of SAC bombers to destroy Moscow, the American President tries to call them back. But their sophisticated fail-safe system prevents him from aborting the attack, so he must convince the Soviets not to retaliate. In desperation, the President must make an unthinkable decision...