'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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.

Top cast

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J. Hoberman

Self

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Frieda Altman

Self (archive footage)

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Nancy Berg

Self (archive footage)

Edward Binns

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Dana Elcar

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Henry Fonda

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Larry Hagman

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William Hansen

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Walter Matthau

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Dan O'Herlihy

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