'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020Documentary20 mins

Plot

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.

  • Grant Delin

    Director of Photography

  • Gary Bradley

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    20 minutes

    Released

    2020-01-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    The Criterion Collection

    Updated

    90 days ago

    Login

    SIGN IN

    USERNAME

    PASSWORD

    Forgot password?

    You must be logged in to do that!

    Sign up for the beta.