Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000 · 86 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Directed by Stephen Frears

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