'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
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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.
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J. Hoberman
Self
Frieda Altman
Self (archive footage)
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Fail Safe
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Edward Binns
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Henry Fonda
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Larry Hagman
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William Hansen
Self (archive footage)
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Fail Safe
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Walter Matthau
Self (archive footage)
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Dan O'Herlihy
Self (archive footage)
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Frank Overton
Self (archive footage)
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Fail Safe
Hildy Parks
Self (archive footage)
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Fail Safe
Grant Delin Cinematographer · Gary Bradley Editor
United States release January 28, 2020 · Produced in United States
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The Criterion Collection
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United States · January 28, 2020
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