Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening - and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) and Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson (George C. Scott) - trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr Strangelove (Peter Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future. The President (also Sellers) is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain Mandrake (Sellers once again).
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
Written by
Peter George (novel "Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom") Stanley Kubrick (screenplay and adaptation) & Terry Southern (screenplay and adaptation) & Peter George (screenplay and adaptation)
Starring
Peter Sellers (Group Captain (G / C) Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove); George C. Scott (Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson); Sterling Hayden (Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper); Keenan Wynn (Col. 'Bat' Guano); Slim Pickens (Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong); Peter Bull (Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky); James Earl Jones (Lt. Lothar Zogg); Tracy Reed (Miss Scott); Jack Creley (Mr. Staines); Frank Berry (Lt. H.R. Dietrich); Robert O'Neil (Adm. Randolph); Glenn Beck (Lt. W.D. Kivel (as Glen Beck)); Roy Stephens (Frank); Shane Rimmer (Capt. G.A. 'Ace' Owens); Hal Galili (Burpelson AFB Defense Team member). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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