---
title: 'Fail-Safe (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lumet'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fail-safe-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fail-Safe (1964)

1964 · 112 min · Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Fail Safe is a 1964 American Cold War political thriller film directed and produced by Sidney Lumet, adapted by Walter Bernstein from the 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Dana Elcar, Dom DeLuise and Sorrell Booke.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet)
- **Screenplay:** [Eugene Burdick](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-burdick), [Walter Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-bernstein), [Harvey Wheeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-wheeler)
- **Producer:** [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet), [Max E. Youngstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-e-youngstein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerald Hirschfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-hirschfeld)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-rosenblum)

## Cast

- [Henry Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-fonda)
- [Russell Hardie](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hardie)
- [Larry Hagman](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-hagman)
- [Russell Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-collins)
- [Charles Tyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-tyner)
- [Frank Overton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-overton)
- [Dan O'Herlihy](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-o-herlihy)
- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [William Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hansen)
- [Fritz Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-weaver)
- [Sorrell Booke](https://cinepixo.com/people/sorrell-booke)
- [Dana Elcar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-elcar)
- [Hildy Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildy-parks)
- [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise)
- [Edward Binns](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-binns)

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