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 thriller based on Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler's 1962 novel.
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