Fail Safe (1964)
Directed by Sidney Lumet · 112 min · Thriller, Drama, War
52.2 TOPICAL score · #1,771 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Fail Safe (1964, directed by Sidney Lumet) has a TOPICAL score of 52.2 - ranked 1,771 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and audience, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 75. Audiences: TMDB 7.8/10 (505 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 75
- AudienceTMDB 7.8/10 (505 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read19,194 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Henry Fonda (actor #31), Walter Matthau (actor #274), Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman