'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
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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.
Cast
J. HobermanSelf
Frieda AltmanSelf (archive footage)
Nancy BergSelf (archive footage)
Edward BinnsSelf (archive footage)
Dana ElcarSelf (archive footage)
Henry FondaSelf (archive footage)
Larry HagmanSelf (archive footage)
William HansenSelf (archive footage)
Walter MatthauSelf (archive footage)
Dan O'HerlihySelf (archive footage)
Frank OvertonSelf (archive footage)
Hildy ParksSelf (archive footage)