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Fail Safe Cast & Characters

NR 1964 · 1h 52m 78 Audience
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Starring Cast
H
Henry Fonda
The President
W
Walter Matthau
Prof. Groeteschele
F
Fritz Weaver
Col. Cascio
L
Larry Hagman
Buck
F
Frank Overton
Gen. Bogan
E
Edward Binns
Col. Jack Grady
Key crew
Director
Sidney Lumet
Screenplay
Walter Bernstein
Based on
Harvey Wheeler , Eugene Burdick
Producers
Sidney Lumet , Charles H. Maguire , Max E. Youngstein
Cinematography
Gerald Hirschfeld
Editor
Ralph Rosenblum
Costume design
Anna Hill Johnstone

Full cast

24 cast members

Crew by department

18 crew members

Sound

William Swift
Sound mixer
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor

Art

Albert Brenner
Art Direction
J.C. Delaney
Set Decoration