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.
Acting
Peter Sellers plays three roles, nearly four
Direction
Kubrick's war room: no windows, no escape
Writing
Every line quotable, every silence terrifying
Director
Stanley Kubrick
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
Robert O'Neil
Adm. Randolph
Glenn Beck
Lt. Kivel
Shane Rimmer
Capt. 'Ace' Owens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sellers was supposed to play Kong too but 'sprained his ankle'—Kubrick believed he just couldn't master the Texas drawl.
The 'Doomsday Device' became actual military parlance; Reagan asked if we had one. We did not.
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