'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.

• 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)
• Walter MatthauSelf (archive footage)
• Dan O'HerlihySelf (archive footage)
• Frank OvertonSelf (archive footage)
• Hildy ParksSelf (archive footage)