'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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

20 minutes

Year:

2020

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Company:

The Criterion Collection

Cast:
J. Hoberman

Self

Frieda Altman

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Berg

Self (archive footage)

Edward Binns

Self (archive footage)

Dana Elcar

Self (archive footage)

Crew:
Peter Becker

Executive Producer

Kim Hendrickson

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Pauker

Producer

Curtis Tsui

Producer

Jonathan Turell

Executive Producer