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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
The hot-line suspense comedy.
Overview
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.
Terry Southern
ScreenplayStanley Kubrick
Director, ScreenplayPeter George
Novel, ScreenplayCast
![Peter Sellers's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/tdgIIb5HQJ4cgiEssuhJc89He11.jpg)
Peter Sellers
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove![George C. Scott's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/1dL9hx7nC0cACIVpp6xS1jqJJN7.jpg)
George C. Scott
General "Buck" Turgidson![Sterling Hayden's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/eRKaKeHjMKjNPOuENLccfVuyfVm.jpg)
Sterling Hayden
Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper![Keenan Wynn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/bO88300vMddcIXuRZvMm5QLXdr.jpg)
Keenan Wynn
Colonel Bat Guano![Slim Pickens's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/k4gIlBO0kGjibi8b4cPXIsPTjx0.jpg)
Slim Pickens
Major "King" Kong![Peter Bull's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/187FadUt4kYNbrRfWp1sHynmGWW.jpg)
Peter Bull
Botschafter De Sadesky![James Earl Jones's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/oqMPIsXrl9SZkRfIKN08eFROmH6.jpg)
James Earl Jones
Lt. Lothar Zogg![Tracy Reed's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ts9KswPwZfhJQFdp4WBhzPfVJOQ.jpg)