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Fail-Safe
Why this pick
A stark, tightly contained nuclear-crisis thriller driven by command-room pressure, procedural detail, and the terrifying consequences of imperfect control.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1977 2h 26m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After escaping from a military prison, the rogue Air Force General Lawrence Dell and accomplices Powell, Garvas, and Hoxey infiltrate a Montana ICBM complex that Dell helped design. Their goal is to gain launch control over its nine Titan nuclear missiles. The infiltration does not go as planned, as the impulsive Hoxey guns down an Air Force guard for trying to answer a ringing phone. Dell then shoots and kills Hoxey. The three then make direct contact with the US government (avoiding any media attention) and make their demands: $10 million ransom, and that the President go on national television and make public the contents of a top-secret document.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Melvyn Douglas
Zachariah Guthrie
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Brig. Gen. O'Rourke
Paul Winfield
Willis Powell
Burt Young
Augie Garvas
Simon Scott
Gen. Phil Spencer - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Smith
Hoxey
William Hootkins
Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Bill Walker
Willard