Is Fail Safe easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fail Safe one of a kind?

Yes. More singular than 89% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Fail Safe end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fail Safe violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Fail Safe

Name: Fail Safe
Genre: Thriller, Drama, War
Released: 1964
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton

It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Produced by Columbia Pictures

1964112 min7.8 / 10

A relentless Cold War thriller about the terrifying machinery of nuclear deterrence, where a technical failure threatens to trigger apocalypse and forces a president into an impossible moral calculus.

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.

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Questions people ask

Is Fail Safe easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is Fail Safe one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 89% of films.
Is Fail Safe scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Does Fail Safe end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Fail Safe violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.
Is Fail Safe sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.