Fail Safe

A bomber hums over the Arctic ice at midnight. Ground control’s voice glows red on the radio. The President’s office is a bunker of silent phones. One command reaches the wrong target. The button is flush and cold. Sidney Lumet’s chilling chess game of buttons and regret still feels like an accidental prophecy.

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Sidney Lumet directed Fail Safe in 1964. See Sidney Lumet's full filmography, where to start with Sidney Lumet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sidney Lumet.

Fail Safe was released in 1964 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.