In 1963, as both Dr. Strangelove and the Fail Safe movie were being produced, this controversy led to a lawsuit. Ultimately involving both films and both novels, the issue was settled out of court ...

The chilling fear of nuclear annihilation hit the box office in 1964 with both Sidney Lumet's gripping thriller Fail Safe and Stanley Kubrick's darkly comedic Dr. Strangelove, one of the best ...

A “fail-safe” mechanical failure jams the United States military’s chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war. A contemporary remake of Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War ...

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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 ...