Fail-Safe (Film), released 1964 — adapted from Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick.
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.
Starring Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton.
Directed by Sidney Lumet.
