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

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964

Director: Kubrick
Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Genre: Comedy, War
Rating: PG
Runtime: 95 minutes

Arguably the greatest black comedy ever made, Stanley Kubrick's cold-war classic is the ultimate satire of the nuclear age. Dr. Strangelove is a perfect spoof of political and military insanity, beginning when General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden… more »



General Jack D. Ripper:
Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake:
No, I don't think I do, sir, no.

General Jack D. Ripper:
He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

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