'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

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.

Cast

J

J. Hoberman

Self

F

Frieda Altman

Self (archive footage)

N

Nancy Berg

Self (archive footage)

Edward Binns

Self (archive footage)

Dana Elcar

Self (archive footage)