Fail-Safe

Summary

Fail-Safe is a film^[1]. Fail-Safe ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fail-Safe's image is recorded as Edward Binns in Fail-Safe trailer.jpg^[3].
• Fail-Safe's instance of is recorded as film^[4].
• Fail-Safe's director is recorded as Sidney Lumet^[5].
• Fail-Safe's screenwriter is recorded as Eugene Burdick^[6].
• Fail-Safe's screenwriter is recorded as Walter Bernstein^[7].
• Fail-Safe's screenwriter is recorded as Harvey Wheeler^[8].
• Fail-Safe's genre is recorded as thriller film^[9].
• Fail-Safe's genre is recorded as film based on a novel^[10].
• Fail-Safe's genre is recorded as political thriller film^[11].
• Fail-Safe's based on is recorded as Fail-Safe^[12].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Henry Fonda^[13].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Dan O'Herlihy^[14].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Walter Matthau^[15].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Frank Overton^[16].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Larry Hagman^[17].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Sorrell Booke^[18].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Dom DeLuise^[19].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Edward Binns^[20].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Fritz Weaver^[21].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Russell Collins^[22].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Charles Tyner^[23].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Dana Elcar^[24].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Hildy Parks^[25].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as William Hansen^[26].
• Fail-Safe's cast member is recorded as Russell Hardie^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Max E. Youngstein^[28] and Sidney Lumet^[29]. Fail-Safe's director is recorded as Sidney Lumet^[5]. Screenwriters include Eugene Burdick^[6], Walter Bernstein^[7], and Harvey Wheeler^[8]. Cast members include Henry Fonda^[13], Dan O'Herlihy^[14], Walter Matthau^[15], Frank Overton^[16], Larry Hagman^[17], and Sorrell Booke^[18].

Publication

Publication dates include +1964-09-15T00:00:00Z^[30], +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z^[31], and +1964-10-07T00:00:00Z^[32]. Fail-Safe's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English^[33]. Genres include thriller film^[9], film based on a novel^[10], and political thriller film^[11].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include aviation^[34], Cold War^[35], and nuclear warfare^[36].

Reception

Reviews include 8/10^[37], 93%^[38], and 75/100^[39].

Adaptations and Inspiration

After a work by Eugene Burdick^[40] and Harvey Wheeler^[41].

Why It Matters

Fail-Safe ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).^[2] Fail-Safe has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Fail-Safe is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]