Fail Safe
2000 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 6.9
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Based on Fail-Safe
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-04-09
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 84 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (88 votes)
Themes
- usa president
- based on novel or book
- nuclear war
- atomic bomb
- cold war
- air force
- moral dilemma
- russia
Awards & recognition
- Saturn Award — Best Television Presentation · 2000
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special · 2000 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special · 2000 · nominated
- TCA Award — Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials · 2000 · nominated
Cast & crew
Walter Cronkite
as Self - Host
Richard Dreyfuss
as President
Noah Wyle
as Buck
Brian Dennehy
as Gen. Bogan
Sam Elliott
as Congressman Raskob
James Cromwell
as Gordon Knapp
John Diehl
as Col. Cascio
Hank Azaria
as Prof. Groeteschele
Norman Lloyd
as Defense Secretary Swenson
Bill Smitrovich
as Gen. Stark
Directed by Stephen Frears