Bump in the Night vs Fail Safe
Fail Safe has the higher audience score (7/10 against 5.9/10 for Bump in the Night). Fail Safe is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 35m. Bump in the Night is the older of the two (1991 against 2000). Both are drama, thriller, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bump in the Night
Fail Safe| Bump in the Night | Fail Safe | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Karen Arthur | Stephen Frears |
| Main cast | Shirley Knight, Corey Carrier, Richard Bradford, Christopher Reeve, Anne Twomey | Don Cheadle, Sam Elliott, Noah Wyle, Hank Azaria, George Clooney |
Synopsis
Bump in the Night
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead, he is picked up by Lawrence, a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her…
Fail Safe
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
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