FAIL SAFE
"FAIL SAFE" (1964)
SYNOPSIS: "During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are equipped with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when and if to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system malfunction, the President of the United States must scramble to fix the mistake before the bombs are dropped on Moscow. He manages to stop almost all the bombers headed for Moscow, except for one determined pilot who manages to complete his mission, with deadly consequences."
STARRING: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton, Dana Alcar and Fritz Weaver
SCREENPLAY: Peter George and Walter Berstein; as adapted from "Fail-Safe."
DIRECTOR: Sidney Lumet
AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for three (3) awards, from various entities, and won none of them.
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