Fail Safe
Fail Safe

Movie·2000·1h 26m

Fail Safe

Directed By

Stephen Frears

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Producer

George Clooney, Laura Ziskin

Cinematography

John A. Alonzo

Themes

usa presidentbased on novel or booknuclear waratomic bombcold warair forcemoral dilemmarussia

Production House

Warner Bros. Television
Maysville Pictures

Audience Score

69%

87 votes

Skip10%
Timepass23%
Go for it39%
Perfection28%

Where to watch

Region: US

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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

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Brig. Gen. Warren Black

Doris Belack

Doris Belack

Mrs. Johnson

Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov

Jimmy

Will Rothhaar

Will Rothhaar

Tommy Grady

John Philbin

John Philbin

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Crew

John A. Alonzo

John A. Alonzo

Director of Photography

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

Director

George Clooney

George Clooney

Executive Producer

Laura Ziskin

Laura Ziskin

Executive Producer

Pamela Oas Williams

Executive Producer

Tom Park

Producer

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