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  1. During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are equipped with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when and if to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system...

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      Fail Safe imagines a no-win situation backing a sturdy,...

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      During the 1960s, a computer error in Nebraska unwittingly...

  2. Fail Safe imagines a no-win situation backing a sturdy, dependable American president in the proverbial corner, where, in a bit of sentimental and masochistically crowd-pleasing fantasy, he...

  3. During the 1960s, a computer error in Nebraska unwittingly sets off a perilous chain of events leading to a Cold War crisis. The computer sends an order to a squadron piloted by Col. Jack Grady ...

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    • Stephen Frears
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    • George Clooney
  4. Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow , and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first ...

  5. Fail Safe is a tense and suspenseful piece of filmmaking dealing with the frightening implications of accidental nuclear warfare. It faithfully translates on the screen the power and seething drama of the Eugene Burdick-Harvey Wheeler book.

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    • Sidney Lumet
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  6. Fail Safe: Directed by Stephen Frears, Martin Pasetta. With Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy. Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

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  8. Here are some of my favorite forgotten films of the 60s, in chronological order, that deserve a wider audience. Some of these movies never found an audience; others were well received at the time but are rarely talked about today. 735 users · 11,100 views. made by Nightowl. avg. score: 6 of 100 (6%)

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