The movie “Fail-Safe” takes place during the cold war, when the United States was fighting with the Soviet Union over communism. Henry Fonda stars as the President, and Walter Matthau plays a civilian advisor.
The movie opens with General Black dreaming of a bull being speared by a bullfighter. When he awakes, he goes to the Pentagon for a meeting. In the meantime, a senator is touring the command center in Nebraska, when something appears on the big screen. They fear it is the long awaited attack from the Soviet Union.
American planes are sent to the fail-safe point, which is a point that if they cross, they can not be called back. Five U.S. bombers are sent carrying nuclear warheads to the Soviet Union. The unidentified aircraf
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