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Basic facts

Original title Fail-Safe
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1965-02-01

Cast

Dan O'Herlihy
general Black

Walter Matthau
Groteschele

Frank Overton
general Bogan

Edward Binns
piloten Grady

Fritz Weaver
överste Cascio

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Camera Operator
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Sound Editor

Cast

Dan O'Herlihy general Black
Walter Matthau Groteschele
Frank Overton general Bogan
Edward Binns piloten Grady
Larry Hagman Buck
Fritz Weaver överste Cascio
Nancy Berg Elsa Wolfe
Williams Hansen sekreterare Swenson
Russell Hardie general Stark
Russell Collins Knapp
John Connell Thomas
Sorrell Booke Raskob
Frank Simpson Sullivan
Hildy Parks Betty Black
Janet Ward mrs Grady
Dom Delouise sergeant Collins
Dana Elcar Foster
Stuart Germain mr Cascio
Louise Larabee mrs Cascio
Frieda Altman Jennie
Henry Fonda presidenten

Companies

Production Company Eca
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Columbia Film AB 1965

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 102465
Date 1964-10-16
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3050 meters


Technical specifications

Colour type Black and white
Frames per second 24


Original work

Original title Fail-safe (Novel)
Author Eugene Burdick
Harvey Wheeler


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1965-02-01 Astoria Stockholm Sweden 111 min
1965-02-01 Roxy Stockholm Sweden 111 min
TV showing 2003-10-01 SVT1 Sweden 107 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2009-11-03
2009-11-05
FIAF showing 2013-01-03
2013-01-18
2020-01-14 Denmark
2020-01-29 Denmark
2024-02-10 Frankfurt am Main Germany
2024-02-16 Frankfurt am Main Germany

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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