Fail Safe - The Criterion Collection

Sidney Lumet directs this dramatic tale of potential nuclear war. When a computer system that is designed to prevent nuclear attacks experiences a malfunction that results in a warhead being accidentally set to destroy Moscow, the Russian capital fails to see how this could be a mistake and declares war on New York in retaliation. The cast includes Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau and Larry Hagman.

Special Features

Commentary: Audio commentary from 2000 by director Sidney Lumet, Documentaries: ''Fail Safe' Revisited', Interviews: Interview with film critic J. Hoberman on 1960s nuclear paranoia and Cold War films, Essay by critic Bilge Ebiri

Actors: Frank Overton, Sorrell Brooke, Larry Hagman, Dom DeLuise, William Hansen, Walter Matthau, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 112 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

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