Fail Safe

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Cold War film black-and-white film film thriller film

Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film about an accidental U.S. nuclear strike order on the Soviet Union, directed by Sidney Lumet.

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Fail Safe canonical 2
Fail Safe (1964 film) 1
Fail-Safe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
basedOn Fail Safe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fail-Safe (novel)
basedOnAuthor Eugene Burdick ⓘ
Harvey Wheeler ⓘ
castMember Dan O'Herlihy ⓘ
Dom DeLuise ⓘ
Frank Overton ⓘ
Fritz Weaver ⓘ
Henry Fonda ⓘ
Hildy Parks ⓘ
Larry Hagman ⓘ
Nancy Berg ⓘ
Russell Hardie ⓘ
Sorrell Booke ⓘ
Walter Matthau ⓘ
William Hansen ⓘ
cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld ⓘ
composer Gerald Fried ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Lumet ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Ralph Rosenblum ⓘ
filmingTechnique black-and-white cinematography ⓘ
genre nuclear war film ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasTheme ethical decision-making in war ⓘ
military technology failure ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
locationOfAction Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mainCharacter Brigadier General Warren A. Black ⓘ
Professor Groeteschele ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
surface form: The President of the United States
notableFor depiction of accidental U.S. nuclear strike order on the Soviet Union ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Max E. Youngstein ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-10-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 112 ⓘ
screenwriter Walter Bernstein ⓘ
settingPeriod Cold War ⓘ
subjectMatter U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ
accidental nuclear strike order ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 1960s American cinema ⓘ

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Sidney Lumet → notableWork → Fail Safe ⓘ
Henry Fonda → notableWork → Fail Safe ⓘ
Cold War cinema → notableWork → Fail Safe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fail Safe (1964 film)
Walter Bernstein → notableWork → Fail Safe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fail-Safe
Fail Safe → basedOn → Fail Safe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fail-Safe (novel)