Director: Sidney Lumet

Writer: Walter Bernstein

From novel: Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler

Keywords: Thriller, Nuclear War, Cold War

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Binns	Actor	12-Sep-1916	4-Dec-1990	12 Angry Men
Sorrell Booke	Actor	4-Jan-1930	11-Feb-1994	Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Dom DeLuise	Actor	1-Aug-1933	4-May-2009	Cannonball Run
Dana Elcar	Actor	10-Oct-1927	6-Jun-2005	Pete Thornton on MacGyver
Henry Fonda	Actor	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1982	12 Angry Men
Larry Hagman	Actor	21-Sep-1931		J.R. Ewing on Dallas
Walter Matthau	Actor	1-Oct-1920	1-Jul-2000	Messy half of the Odd Couple
Dan O'Herlihy	Actor	1-May-1919	17-Feb-2005	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Fritz Weaver	Actor	19-Jan-1926		Fail Safe

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 7-Nov-2006)

A thoughtful, pointed reminder of what can happen when technology replaces common sense. This frightening war thiller poses the question, "What if the unthinkable happens between two Super Powers? An accidental bombing of a major city with a nuclear warhead. How do you convince the injured goverment that it was truly accidental? If you can, what can you do to make it right? Say I'm sorry? This early sixties "Cold War," tale caught the complex and truly tragic consequences of sophisticated weapons systems gone wild.

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