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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

0.0 (0) ·2020 ·20 min ·Movie
Documentary

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.

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J. Hoberman
Self
Frieda Altman
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Berg
Self (archive footage)
Edward Binns
Edward Binns
Self (archive footage)
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar
Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman
Self (archive footage)
William Hansen
William Hansen
Self (archive footage)
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Self (archive footage)
Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy
Self (archive footage)

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