George C. Scott stole this one

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2004)

A 20 year old won't relate to Missile Gaps and Commies but would surely appreciate the acting in this excellent film. When portraying the President, Peter Sellers' American accent is dead-on. George C. Scott is just hilarious as the paranoid General--his gestures and facial expressions bring my me knees with laughter every time I watch him. Even the dead-pan Army Colonel is funny. The director makes excellent use of B/W lighting and camera angles when on the actors.
A good contrast to Dr. Strangelove is the film Fail Safe from the same era. Both have the same plot but tackle it entirely differently; no laughing in Fail Safe.