Fail Safe

Name: Fail Safe
Genre: Thriller, Drama, War
Released: 1964-10-07
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 8

1964 · 1h 52m · Thriller, Drama, War

IMDb 8.0 Metacritic 75 RT 93%

Watch this tonight—Fail Safe is a tense, brilliantly crafted Cold War thriller that holds up remarkably well. With a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.0 on IMDb, it's essential viewing for anyone who appreciates smart, high-stakes drama that grips you from start to finish.

Plot

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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