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Fail Safe

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

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Cast

Walter CronkiteRichard DreyfussNoah WyleBrian DennehySam ElliottJames CromwellJohn DiehlHank AzariaNorman LloydBill SmitrovichDon CheadleGeorge Clooney

Director

Stephen Frears

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