'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Name: 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020
Duration: 20 min

2020 · 20 min

Documentary

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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.

Crew

Director of Photography Grant Delin

Cast

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

Crew

Director of Photography — Grant Delin

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🔥 Hot takes

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Intermission

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