Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
| Production | Peter Becker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kim Hendrickson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elizabeth Pauker | Producer |
| Production | Curtis Tsui | Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Turell | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Gary Bradley | Editor |
| Camera | Grant Delin | Director of Photography |