Fail Safe
DramaThrillerTV Movieusa presidentbased on novel or booknuclear waratomic bombcold warair forcemoral dilemmarussia
A taut, intellectually demanding Cold War thriller that escalates a catastrophic system failure into an existential crisis of nuclear deterrence and moral compromise.
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Essence
Ensemble
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host
Richard Dreyfuss
President
Noah Wyle
Buck
Brian Dennehy
Gen. Bogan
Sam Elliott
Congressman Raskob
James Cromwell
Gordon Knapp
John Diehl
Col. Cascio
Hank Azaria
Prof. Groeteschele
Norman Lloyd
Defense Secretary Swenson
Bill Smitrovich
Gen. Stark
Don Cheadle
Lt. Jimmy Pierce
George Clooney
Col. Jack Grady
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