'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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Release date: January 28, 2020
Duration: 20 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Edward Binns
Self (archive footage)
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Dana Elcar
Self (archive footage)