Description
THE CRITERION COLLECTION
This unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military’s chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein (The Front) and director Sidney Lumet (Network) wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday fears of the Cold War era, making the most of a modest budget and limited sets to create an atmosphere of clammy claustrophobia and astronomically high stakes.
Starring Henry Fonda (12 Angry Men) as a coolheaded U.S. president and Walter Matthau (Charade) as a trigger-happy political theorist, Fail Safe is a long-underappreciated alarm bell of a film, sounding an urgent warning about the deadly logic of mutually assured destruction.
Product details
| SKU | 5050629025231 |
| Alphabetical Title | Fail Safe |
| Blu-Ray Region | B |
| Brand / Publisher | THE CRITERION COLLECTION |
| Catalogue Number | CC3108BDUK |
| Certificate | PG |
| Colour | Black & White |
| Countries | USA |
| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Language(s) | English |
| Product contents | 1 disc |
| Running time | 112 min |
| Size | No size |
| Year | 1964 |
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