Fail Safe
A high-stakes Cold War thriller unfolds when a U.S. military commander must prevent a catastrophic nuclear strike on Moscow after a tragic case of mistaken identity escalates tensions to the brink of global war.
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As Cold War tensions reach a critical peak, a U.S. bomber is mistakenly commanded to deploy a nuclear warhead over Moscow.
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A crew of 105+ credited
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Edited by Anne V CoatesShot by John A AlonzoDesigned by Richard HooverSound by Hugh HealyCostumes by Molly Maginnis
Also known as
- Fail Safe – Befehl ohne Auswegde
- Point limitefr
- A prova di erroreit
- (Bulgarian)Контролна зона
Release dates around the world5 countries · showhide
- United StatesApr 9, 2000
- AustraliaApr 10, 2000
- HungaryJun 29, 2000
- IcelandAug 14, 2000
- GermanyAug 18, 2000
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Cast & Crew
105 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Walter Cronkite
as Self - 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
Harvey Keitel
as Brig. Gen. Warren Black
Supporting cast
20Doris Belack
as Mrs. Johnson
Tommy Hinkley
as SM Sgt. Collins
Thom Mathews
as Billy Flynn
Grant Heslov
as as Jimmy
Cynthia Ettinger
as Betty Black
Will Rothhaar
as Tommy Grady
Rick Cramer
Gregory Sporleder
Joe Coyle
Alfred A Buckles
Ilia Volok
Evgeniy Lazarev
John Philbin
Matt Adler
John Vargas
Chris Hendrie
Vanessa Elgrichi
as Col. Jack Grady's Daughter
Reiley Mcclendon
as Col. Jack Grady's Son
Johnny Bolton
as Maj. Lande
George Clooney
as as Col. Jack Grady
Directors
2Writers
3Producers
8Other crew
68Pam Cartmel
art department coordinator
Karen Brenner
art department intern
Troy Sizemore
Art Director
Scott Fieldsteel
assistant chief lighting technician
Tim Kettle
associate director
Wendy Acey
associate director (as Wendy Charles Acey)
William Bardelli
associate director (as Will Bardelli)
Dave Eastwood
camera operator
Hank Geving
camera operator
Larry Heider
camera operator
Rocky Danielson
camera operator
Sam Drummy
camera operator
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