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Fail Safe (2000)

2000 · 1 h 26 min
Directed by Stephen Frears
DramaThriller

Cast

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Plot

A US bomber is mistakenly ordered to drop a nuclear bomb on Moscow, and the president tries to avert a war.

Sinekatalog’s take

Stephen Frears's live black-and-white TV production is tense and well acted, with George Clooney and Richard Dreyfuss.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (6,882 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.