'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
- Documentary
1/28/2020
20
Storyline
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)
- Janet WardSelf (archive footage)
- Fritz WeaverSelf (archive footage)