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Fail Safe
It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!
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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.
Cold War paranoia hits a fever pitch as a single technical glitch sends a nuclear bomber toward Moscow. You will hold your breath through every ticking second of this claustrophobic race to avert total annihilation.
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Director
Sidney Lumet
Cast
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Dan O'Herlihy, William Hansen, Russell Hardie, Janet Ward
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Fail Safe
It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!
Rent on Apple TV+ or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
7.8/10
RT Critics
93%
Metacritic
Director
Sidney Lumet
Cast
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Dan O'Herlihy, William Hansen, Russell Hardie, Janet Ward
4 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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