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. Hoberman, Frieda Altman, Nancy Berg, Edward Binns, Dana Elcar
Production:
The Criterion Collection
Self
Self (archive footage)