Fail-Safe

Oh, wait, an even better film to watch during the war. This one scared the pants off me -- it wasn't as subtle as The Day the Earth Stood Still. Besides being beautifully written, it's also very well acted by Walter Matthau, Henry Fonda and Larry Hagman (that "Dallas" guy). Bombers fly from their fail-safe points (in reach of the enemy but still within their own airspace) into Russia to drop bombs on Moscow because of a computer glitch, while the military back in the U.S. is trying to stop them. A terrifying ending that will leave you cogitating for days. There is one point about the ending that bugs me, but you'll have to email me to find out, because I don't want to give it away here. Suffice it to say, this is a film everyone should see.

year: 1964
length: 112 min.
rating: 4.0
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/combined