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. Hoberman
Self
Frieda Altman
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Berg
Edward Binns
Dana Elcar
Henry Fonda
Larry Hagman
William Hansen
Walter Matthau
Dan O'Herlihy
Frank Overton
Hildy Parks
Williams
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
The Crash Reel
I Want to Return Return Return
El Sicario, Room 164
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
Uncle Yanco
Extremis
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
Rich Hill