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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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0h 20m

2020

Synopsis

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.

Documentary

Cast & Crew

J. Hoberman

as Self

Frieda Altman

as Self (archive footage)

Nancy Berg

as Self (archive footage)

Edward Binns

Edward Binns

as Self (archive footage)

Dana Elcar

Dana Elcar

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

as Self (archive footage)

Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman

as Self (archive footage)

William Hansen

William Hansen

as Self (archive footage)

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

as Self (archive footage)

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