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Fail Safe

1964, Movie, NR, 111 mins

Fail Safe: Review

Noting the similarities between this tense and entirely serious thriller and his own satire, Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick went to Columbia's top brass and cried plagiarism. The studio appeased Kubrick by releasing his film first, leaving critics to dismiss this as little more than a comparatively dreary rehash. It's not. As a squadron of SAC bombers flies off to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow after a faulty transmission of orders that cannot be reversed, the president (Henry Fonda) attempts to convince Russian leaders that it's all a terrible blunder. Read the complete review for Fail Safe

Fail Safe: Cast & Details

Year: 1964
Rated NR

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Cast
Dan O'Herlihy: Gen. Black
Walter Matthau: Groeteschele
Frank Overton: Gen. Bogan
Edward Binns: Col. Grady
Fritz Weaver: Col. Cascio
Henry Fonda: The President

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Fail Safe: TV Guide News

WITHOUT A NET | Today's News: Our Take | 10/5/2005
Speaking of George Clooney, the multihyphenate is near a deal to produce a live TV version of the 1976 classic Network to air next fall on CBS, per Variety. The project would be similar to the live revival of Fail Safe that Clooney mounted five years ago. read more

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