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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
20 minutes2020-01-28
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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.
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![J. Hoberman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
J. Hoberman
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![Frieda Altman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Frieda Altman
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![Nancy Berg](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nancy Berg
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![Edward Binns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s3fk0d0fwuj6bDVP9AcPUXFsGmK.jpg)
Edward Binns
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![Dana Elcar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iYYbcpWCikPFPvLWCqwKVvNVvrC.jpg)
Dana Elcar
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![Henry Fonda](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6wXWsqSXF3wCsGcwVqiszy6RX9X.jpg)
Henry Fonda
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![Larry Hagman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6z5tCuu0Qhq6a0YKpqXfHmiMbD4.jpg)
Larry Hagman
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![William Hansen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uRmsGLoA22DqzrnJPse1KjHO78k.jpg)
William Hansen
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![Walter Matthau](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pm1YEQPlsNcHQHZJBgcXvu4U4vg.jpg)
Walter Matthau
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![Dan O'Herlihy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vhZodGF9IiHdpbU78ShpyCgBr3X.jpg)
Dan O'Herlihy
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![Frank Overton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tWF4BTaqzdpWjwEkuFjGdmXs24Q.jpg)
Frank Overton
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![Hildy Parks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//d2F6ge4W2VtRQ0blJifBwcPtwBs.jpg)
Hildy Parks
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![Janet Ward](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9KEf3oDqliom48GYpNycvhF03LS.jpg)
Janet Ward
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![Fritz Weaver](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gjudPIeWyMJaxDvkRgx0HoTf2zG.jpg)