Fail Safe

(1964)

Synopsis

When a misguided transmission sends a squadron of bombers hurtling towards Russia, fully prepared to drop their atomic weaponry on Moscow, an Air Force commander desperately tries to establish radio contact with the planes, but once the pilots have passed the "fail safe" point, they've been instructed to disregard any reversal of orders.

Cast

Walter Matthau, Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Frank Overton, Edward Binns