'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
20m·Documentary
2020
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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.
CinematographyGrant DelinStudioThe Criterion Collection
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| JJ. HobermanSelf | Self |
| FFrieda AltmanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| NNancy BergSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Edward BinnsSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Dana ElcarSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Henry FondaSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Larry HagmanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 William HansenSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Walter MatthauSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Dan O'HerlihySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Frank OvertonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Hildy ParksSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Janet WardSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Fritz WeaverSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |