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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

2020 • 20m

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 sixti...

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Cast
J. HobermanSelf
Frieda AltmanSelf (archive footage)
Nancy BergSelf (archive footage)
Edward Binns
Edward BinnsSelf (archive footage)
Dana Elcar
Dana ElcarSelf (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
Henry FondaSelf (archive footage)
Larry Hagman
Larry HagmanSelf (archive footage)
William Hansen
William HansenSelf (archive footage)
Walter Matthau
Walter MatthauSelf (archive footage)
Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'HerlihySelf (archive footage)
Frank Overton
Frank OvertonSelf (archive footage)
Hildy Parks
Hildy ParksSelf (archive footage)
Janet Ward
Janet WardSelf (archive footage)
Fritz Weaver
Fritz WeaverSelf (archive footage)
Crew
Peter Becker
Peter BeckerExecutive Producer
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