Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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Film Cast:

• The President: Henry Fonda
• Prof. Groeteschele: Walter Matthau
• Col. Cascio: Fritz Weaver
• Buck: Larry Hagman
• Gen. Bogan: Frank Overton
• Col. Jack Grady: Edward Binns
• Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black: Dan O’Herlihy
• Defense Secretary Swenson: William Hansen
• Gen. Stark: Russell Hardie
• Helen Grady: Janet Ward
• TSgt. Collins: Dom DeLuise
• Knapp: Russell Collins
• Congressman Raskob: Sorrell Booke
• Ilsa Wolfe: Nancy Berg
• Thomas: John Connell
• Sullivan: Frank Simpson
• Betty Black: Hildy Parks
• Foster: Dana Elcar
• Mrs. Cascio: Louise Larabee
• Mr. Cascio: Stewart Germain
• Go-go Dancer (uncredited): Geri Miller
• Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited): Charles Tyner

Film Crew:

• Art Direction: Albert Brenner
• Executive Producer: Sidney Lumet
• Script: Eugene Burdick
• Novel: Harvey Wheeler
• Screenplay: Walter Bernstein
• Producer: Max E. Youngstein
• Producer: Charles H. Maguire
• Director of Photography: Gerald Hirschfeld
• Editor: Ralph Rosenblum
• Set Decoration: J.C. Delaney
• Costume Design: Anna Hill Johnstone
• Sound Editor: Jack Fitzstephens
• Sound mixer: William Swift
• Makeup Department Head: Bill Herman
• Assistant Director: Harry Falk
• Camera Operator: Albert Taffet

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