Fail-Safe ('64)

[lurkerwithout]

Visiting Senator: Is that light supposed to do that?

Nuke Bomber Commander: Just a glitch. We'll just swap it out. The system has no problems.

2nd in Command: Thats right, nothing can possibly go wrong.

Murphy: SUCK ENTROPY BITCHES!

*Problems Happen And Stuff Goes Horribly Wrong*Also Walter Matthieu's character has the least understanding

Comments

[dunkelza]

The only part of that movie that I really think is worth anything is the scene where the President is speaking with the U.S. ambassador in Moscow.

[ellakite]

The really frightening thing about Matthau's character is that he was based on Herman Kahn, a respected analyst from the Cold War era. However, the character's views of the Russians is also similar to that of General Curtis LeMay, who was Chief of Staff of the USAF at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.