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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Genres
Documentary
Rating
No Rating
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date2020-01-28
Runtime20 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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J. Hoberman

as Self

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Frieda Altman

as Self (archive footage)

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Nancy Berg

as Self (archive footage)

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Edward Binns

as Self (archive footage)

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Dana Elcar

as Self (archive footage)

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Henry Fonda

as Self (archive footage)

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Larry Hagman

as Self (archive footage)

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William Hansen

as Self (archive footage)

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Walter Matthau

as Self (archive footage)

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Dan O'Herlihy

as Self (archive footage)

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Frank Overton

as Self (archive footage)

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Hildy Parks

as Self (archive footage)

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Janet Ward

as Self (archive footage)

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Fritz Weaver

as Self (archive footage)

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