'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    Synopsis

    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.

      Votre Filmothèque

      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)