Fail Safe

Fail Safe

86 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | April 9, 2000

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

Fail Safe

86 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | April 9, 2000

Fail Safe
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Warner Bros. Television, Maysville Pictures
Original title Fail Safe
Directors Stephen Frears
Writers Walter Bernstein, Harvey Wheeler, Eugene Burdick

Cast

Walter Cronkite

as Himself - Host

Richard Dreyfuss

as President

Noah Wyle

as Buck

Brian Dennehy

as Gen. Bogan

Sam Elliott

as Congressman Raskob

James Cromwell

as Gordon Knapp

John Diehl

as Col. Cascio

Hank Azaria

as Prof. Groeteschele

Norman Lloyd

as Defense Secretary Swenson

Bill Smitrovich

as Gen. Stark

Don Cheadle

as Lt. Jimmy Pierce

George Clooney

as Col. Jack Grady

Harvey Keitel

as Brig. Gen. Warren Black

Doris Belack

as Mrs. Johnson

Grant Heslov

as Jimmy

Will Rothhaar

as Tommy Grady