'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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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J. HobermanSelf

Frieda AltmanSelf (archive footage)

Nancy BergSelf (archive footage)

Edward BinnsSelf (archive footage)

Dana ElcarSelf (archive footage)

Henry FondaSelf (archive footage)

Larry HagmanSelf (archive footage)

William HansenSelf (archive footage)