Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG 01/29/1964 (US) Comedy, War 1h 35m

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The hot-line suspense comedy.

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After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Stanley Kubrick

Director, Screenplay
Peter George

Novel, Screenplay
Terry Southern

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Peter Sellers

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott

General "Buck" Turgidson
Sterling Hayden

Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn

Colonel Bat Guano
Slim Pickens

Major "King" Kong
Peter Bull

Botschafter De Sadesky
James Earl Jones

Lt. Lothar Zogg
Tracy Reed

Miss Scott
Jack Creley

Mr. Staines
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A U.S. bomber plane is heading for Russia. Communications are unavailable. The Commie Russians have built a doomsday device. And, according to crazy, (wheelchair-bound?), ex-Nazi scientist, Dr. Strangelove, nuclear destruction is upon us all! Thanks to this eccentric comedy, I now have considerable respect for the talent of Peter Sellers. How he pulled off three totally different roles so convincingly is just beyond me. Especially his portrayal of the U.S. President; I could hardly believe that British Peter Sellers could do an American accent that naturally. This was apparently a very b... read the rest.

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