'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

7.3 | en | Documentary

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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7.3 | en | Documentary

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Cast

Edward Binns , Dana Elcar , Henry Fonda

Director

Grant Delin

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Cast

Edward Binns

as Self (archive footage)

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Dana Elcar

as Self (archive footage)

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Henry Fonda

as Self (archive footage)

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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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