'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

202020mDocumentary

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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Cast

J. HobermanSelf

Frieda AltmanSelf (archive footage)

Nancy BergSelf (archive footage)

Edward Binns

Edward BinnsSelf (archive footage)

Dana Elcar

Dana ElcarSelf (archive footage)

Henry Fonda

Henry FondaSelf (archive footage)

Larry Hagman

Larry HagmanSelf (archive footage)

William Hansen

William HansenSelf (archive footage)

Walter Matthau

Walter MatthauSelf (archive footage)

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'HerlihySelf (archive footage)

Frank Overton

Frank OvertonSelf (archive footage)

Hildy Parks

Hildy ParksSelf (archive footage)

Janet Ward

Janet WardSelf (archive footage)

Fritz Weaver

Fritz WeaverSelf (archive footage)