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Fail-Safe
Fail-Safe is a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, published in 1962.
The popular and critically acclaimed novel was first adapted into a 1964 film of the same name directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, and Walter Matthau. In 2000, the novel was adapted again for...
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