Fail Safe

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Fail Safe (7-Oct-1964)

Keywords: Drama, Sci-Fi, 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 Portly Cannonball Run star

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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