Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
dir: Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy film which satirizes the nuclear scare. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and featuring Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, and Slim Pickens. The film is loosely based on Peter George's Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, also known as Two Hours to Doom.
The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States, his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. It separately follows the crew of one B-52 as they try to deliver their payload.
In 1989, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was listed as number three on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. (Wikipedia)
Cast:
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Peter Sellers
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
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George C. Scott
Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
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Sterling Hayden
Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
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Keenan Wynn
Col. 'Bat' Guano
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Slim Pickens
Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
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Peter Bull
Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
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James Earl Jones
Lt. Lothar Zogg
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Tracy Reed
Miss Scott
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Jack Creley
Mr. Staines
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Frank Berry
Lt. H.R. Dietrich
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Robert O'Neil
Adm. Randolph
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Glenn Beck
Lt. W.D. Kivel
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Roy Stephens
Frank
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Shane Rimmer
Capt. G.A. 'Ace' Owens
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Hal Galili
Burpelson AFB Defense Team member
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Paul Tamarin
Lt. B. Goldberg
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Laurence Herder
Burpelson AFB Defense Team member
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Gordon Tanner
Gen. Faceman
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John McCarthy
Burpelson AFB Defense Team member