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Fail Safe
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Fail Safe

2000 · 86 min Drama Thriller TV Movie
6.9 / 10 · TMDB

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Stephen Frears

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

President

Noah Wyle

Noah Wyle

Buck

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Gen. Bogan

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Congressman Raskob

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Gordon Knapp

John Diehl

John Diehl

Col. Cascio

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Prof. Groeteschele

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd

Defense Secretary Swenson

Bill Smitrovich

Bill Smitrovich

Gen. Stark

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