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

Poster for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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 the nuclear strike.

Cast & Crew

Director
Stanley Kubrick
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    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove Peter Sellers
  • Profile picture of George C. Scott
    General "Buck" Turgidson George C. Scott
  • Profile picture of Sterling Hayden
    Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper Sterling Hayden
  • Profile picture of Keenan Wynn
    Colonel Bat Guano Keenan Wynn
  • Profile picture of Slim Pickens
    Major "King" Kong Slim Pickens
  • Profile picture of Peter Bull
    Botschafter De Sadesky Peter Bull
  • Profile picture of James Earl Jones
    Lt. Lothar Zogg James Earl Jones
  • Profile picture of Tracy Reed
    Miss Scott Tracy Reed

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