(Bonus) Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War) thriller film) directed by Sidney Lumet), based on the 1962 novel of the same name) by Eugene Burdick) and Harvey Wheeler). The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow), and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike). The film features performances by actors Henry Fonda), Dan O'Herlihy), Walter Matthau), Frank Overton), Larry Hagman), Fritz Weaver), Dana Elcar), Dom DeLuise) and Sorrell Booke).
