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'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.

Featured Crew

Peter Becker
Executive Producer
Kim Hendrickson
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Pauker
Producer
Curtis Tsui
Producer
Jonathan Turell
Executive Producer
Gary Bradley
Editor
Grant Delin
Director of Photography

Cast

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Frieda Altman
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Nancy Berg
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Edward Binns
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Dana Elcar
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Henry Fonda
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Larry Hagman
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William Hansen
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Walter Matthau
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Dan O'Herlihy
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Frank Overton
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Hildy Parks
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Janet Ward
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Fritz Weaver
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