It will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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Grave, epic, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Henry FondaThe President
- Walter MatthauProf. Groeteschele
- Fritz WeaverCol. Cascio
- Larry HagmanBuck
- Frank OvertonGen. Bogan
- Edward BinnsCol. Jack Grady
- Dan O'HerlihyBrig. Gen. Warren A. Black
- William HansenDefense Secretary Swenson
- Russell HardieGen. Stark
- Janet WardHelen Grady
Crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- Walter BernsteinScreenplay
- Eugene BurdickNovel
- Harvey WheelerNovel
- Gerald HirschfeldDirector of Photography
- Ralph RosenblumEditor
- Max E. YoungsteinProducer
- Charles H. MaguireProducer
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