'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Overview
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 & Crew
J. Hoberman
Self
Frieda Altman
Self (archive footage)
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)
Janet Ward
Self (archive footage)
Fritz Weaver
Self (archive footage)
More Like This
Similar films
Williams
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
The Crash Reel
I Want to Return Return Return
El Sicario, Room 164
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
Uncle Yanco
Extremis
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
Rich Hill
Master, a Building in Copacabana
Black Sheep
Return
Money Heist: The Phenomenon
Brother's Keeper