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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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20 minutes

1/28/2020

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 List

  • J. Hoberman Picture

    J. Hoberman

    as Self

  • Frieda Altman Picture

    Frieda Altman

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Nancy Berg Picture

    Nancy Berg

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Edward Binns Picture

    Edward Binns

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Dana Elcar Picture

    Dana Elcar

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Henry Fonda Picture

    Henry Fonda

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Larry Hagman Picture

    Larry Hagman

    as Self (archive footage)

  • William Hansen Picture

    William Hansen

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Walter Matthau Picture

    Walter Matthau

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Dan O'Herlihy Picture

    Dan O'Herlihy

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Frank Overton Picture

    Frank Overton

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Hildy Parks Picture

    Hildy Parks

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Janet Ward Picture

    Janet Ward

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Fritz Weaver Picture

    Fritz Weaver

    as Self (archive footage)