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1964    1h 52minDramma, Thriller
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Quando il comando strategico aereo nordamericano viene messo in allarme per l'avvistamento di un oggetto volante non identificato diretto verso gli Stati Uniti, i bombaridieri atomici si alzano in volo. Una volta cessato l'allarme i velivoli fanno rientro alla base. Ma un giorno capita che uno stormo, a causa di un guasto alle apparecchiature elettroniche, prosegue il volo in direzione di Mosca. Tra frenetici scambi di ordini avviene l'irreparabile... Con questo film Lumet torna grande, dopo un periodo di pellicole teatrali francamente al di sotto delle sue possibilità. il merito va ascritto anche a un cast di eccellenti attori.
Diretto da Sidney Lumet
  • Henry FondaThe President
  • Walter MatthauProf. Groeteschele
  • Fritz WeaverCol. Cascio
  • Larry HagmanBuck
  • Frank OvertonGen. Bogan
  • Edward BinnsCol. Jack Grady
  • Dan O'HerlihyBrig. Gen. Warren A. Black
  • William HansenDefense Secretary Swenson
  • Russell HardieGen. Stark
  • Janet WardHelen Grady
  • Dom DeLuiseTSgt. Collins
  • Russell CollinsKnapp
  • Sorrell BookeCongressman Raskob
  • Nancy BergIlsa Wolfe
  • John ConnellThomas
  • Frank SimpsonSullivan
  • Hildy ParksBetty Black
  • Dana ElcarFoster
  • Louise LarabeeMrs. Cascio
  • Stewart GermainMr. Cascio
  • flavo4328 novembre 2025
    Fail Safe is one of the most gripping and sobering nuclear-war dramas ever made. Released in 1964, it presents a terrifyingly plausible scenario: an accidental signal sends a U.S. bomber group toward Moscow with orders to strike, triggering a global crisis that no one can stop. In a desperate attempt to prevent full-scale Armageddon, the United States agrees to sacrifice one of its own cities—an unthinkable decision that leads to profound personal tragedy for those involved. The film is stark, tense, and claustrophobic, unfolding almost like a stage play as leaders, soldiers, and families grapple with the consequences of failure in the nuclear command system. It raises sharp questions about deterrence, automation, human error, and the illusion of control in an age of doomsday weapons. While Fail Safe didn’t perform as well at the box office—largely overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove, which explored similar themes in satirical form—it remains a haunting, powerful classic.
  • EdmondZippo17 maggio 2026
    It's almost as if surrendering your fate to machines in the name of efficiency led you to betray everything that made you who you are in the first place. No recourse but to sacrifice what you hold most dear to preserve whatever broken pieces will remain.
  • Chris10 aprile 2026
    "12 Angry Men" + nuclear weapons = 12 M.A.D. Men
  • Plexxor the Pretty Good3 marzo 2026
    Just anotha ho hum day at strategic air command...=0
  • Grampa Caligula10 gennaio 2026
    One of the best 'systemic failure' movies out there, and a guaranteed cure to any residual joy in your life.
  • Jonathon Pack15 novembre 2025
    There are mostly just people in rooms talking but this is incredibly stressful and is a film I think I'm going to be pondering and referencing often for a long time.
  • Michael Surber23 ottobre 2025
    A simply chilling cold war epic film. The boldest "what if" tale ever. An all star cast that starts with Henry Fonda at the top. Just watch it.
  • Kevin Ward2 luglio 2025
    Really loved this. Cold War thriller that imagines a scenario where the fail safe mechanisms of nuclear warfare breakdown and the worst case scenarios play out and no one has any power to stop it. It’s a tense thriller where the tension has been ramped up by its minimalist production and score. Though a product of its time, it’s hard not to see how fail safe could speak into the present, particularly the use of artificial intelligence. The prescient fear of the consequence of relegating world altering decisions and safeguards to artificial mechanisms, while we sit on the sidelines watching our own doom play out on computer monitors, powerless to alter our trajectory. Dark stuff and a fantastically dark ending. Released in the same year as Dr. Strangelove, this is a fantastic companion piece from the brilliant Sidney Lumet. Highly recommend.
  • Chris29 dicembre 2024
    “You learned too well, professor. You learned so well the now there’s no difference between you and what you want to kill.” - General Warren A. Black. A chilling Cold War epic. Such a great and powerful cast. Even future funny man Dom DeLuise and the future commissioner of Hazzard County makes a sneaky dramatic appearance.⛑🕸☎️

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