'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
January 28, 2020
20m
Documentary
Overview
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.
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Cast
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J. Hoberman
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Frieda Altman
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Nancy Berg
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Edward Binns
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Dana Elcar
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Henry Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Larry Hagman
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William Hansen
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Walter Matthau
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Dan O'Herlihy
Self (archive footage)
Frank Overton
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Hildy Parks
Self (archive footage)
Janet Ward
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Fritz Weaver
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