Both films examined nuclear war, but whereas Dr. Strangelove took a satirical approach, Fail Safe was deadly serious about ...

An adaptation of the Cold War drama thriller Fail Safe is now in development, putting a modern-day spin on Henry Fonda's ...

Emmy-winning director Joe Berlinger is set to adapt Cold War thriller 'Fail-Safe,' imagining the nuclear annihilation of New ...

A series of human and computer errors sends a squadron of American 'Vindicator' bombers to nuke Moscow. The President, in order to convince the Soviets that this is a mistake, orders the Strategic ...

And there's the wise, paternal President. He gets on the hot line to Russia's Premier when a bomber group, sent beyond its fail safe point through a mechanical accident, enters Soviet territory.

The 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, which was originally adapted for the big screen by Sidney Lumet, depicts a harrowing scenario in which a “fail-safe” mechanical failure ...