Bibliograph

Fail safe, Columbia Pictures presents ; a Max E. Youngstein - Sidney Lumet production ; screenplay by Walter Bernstein ; produced by Max E. Youngstein ; directed by Sidney Lumet

Type

Label

Fail safe, Columbia Pictures presents ; a Max E. Youngstein - Sidney Lumet production ; screenplay by Walter Bernstein ; produced by Max E. Youngstein ; directed by Sidney Lumet

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Fail safe

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

Columbia Pictures presents ; a Max E. Youngstein - Sidney Lumet production ; screenplay by Walter Bernstein ; produced by Max E. Youngstein ; directed by Sidney Lumet

Runtime

112

Series statement

Criterion collection, 1011

Summary

The 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

Table Of Contents

Recurring dream -- Washington, 5:30 A.M. -- The nerve center -- Subject: Limited war -- Condition yellow -- The fail-safe box -- "Get me the president" -- "Attack group 6" -- Four questions -- Calling Moscow

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification