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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964PG1h 35m8.1 / 10
The hot-line suspense comedy.
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 it.
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Synopsis
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 it.
Cast, crew and production details
About Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Cast
Peter SellersGroup Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
George C. ScottGeneral 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling HaydenBrigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Keenan WynnColonel Bat Guano
Slim PickensMajor "King" Kong
Peter BullBotschafter De Sadesky
James Earl JonesLt. Lothar Zogg
Tracy ReedMiss ScottCredits
- Directed by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Written by
- Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George, Peter George
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $9.5M
Production
- Hawk FilmsUnited Kingdom
Columbia PicturesUnited States
Themes
absurdismanti waraudaciousblack and whitebomber pilotcold warcynicaldark comedydoomsday deviceeveryone diesex-nazifarcicalgeneralhilarious
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