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Fail Safe

2000·Drama·1h 26m
7.1
★
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Directed by Stephen Frears
usa president
based on novel or book
nuclear war
atomic bomb
cold war
air force
moral dilemma
russia
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Cast

Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
President
Noah Wyle
Noah Wyle
Buck
Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy
Gen. Bogan
Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott
Congressman Raskob
James Cromwell
James Cromwell
Gordon Knapp
John Diehl
John Diehl
Col. Cascio
Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria
Prof. Groeteschele
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd
Defense Secretary Swenson
Bill Smitrovich
Bill Smitrovich
Gen. Stark
Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
Lt. Jimmy Pierce
George Clooney
George Clooney
Col. Jack Grady

Crew

Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
Director
John A. Alonzo
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
George Clooney
George Clooney
Executive Producer
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin
Executive Producer
Walter Bernstein
Walter Bernstein
Teleplay
Walter Bernstein
Walter Bernstein
Co-Executive Producer
Allen Payne
Allen Payne
Hairstylist

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Erik Jaman
Erik Jaman
4.0★ · 05/02/25
Fail Safe
Actual massacre of my boy. Couldn’t get past 25 mins
Actual massacre of my boy. Couldn’t get past 25 mins
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Nina Lazic
Nina Lazic
8.0★ · 10/09/24
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Tanner Schwave
Tanner Schwave
7.0★ · 05/15/25
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Maldoror
6.0★ · 02/07/25
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4.0★ · 03/28/23
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