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Fail-Safe (1964)

Fail-Safe
Katie...a dream...a dream...the matador...the matador... the matador...me...me.
—Brigadier General Warren Abraham Black
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Studio: F. Hillsberg, Inc.
Title Designer: Frank Hillsberg
Director of Photography: Gerald Hirschfeld
Editor: Ralph Rosenblum
Sound Editor: Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Mixer: William Swift
Special and Animated Effects: Storyboard, Inc.

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Title sequence

  • Title Designer

    Frank Hillsberg

  • Category

    Film

  • Styles

    1960s, black and white, editorial, experimental, live action, main title, modernist, prologue
Fail-Safe

  • Film Director

    Sidney Lumet

  • Release Date

    September 15, 1964

  • Aspect Ratio

    1.78:1

  • Studio

    Columbia Pictures

  • Country

    USA

  • Language

    English

  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

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