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 it.
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Crew
DirectorStanley Kubrick
Cast
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
Jack Creley
Mr. Staines
Frank Berry
Lt. Dietrich
Robert O'Neil
Adm. Randolph
Glenn Beck
Lt. Kivel
Roy Stephens
Frank
Shane Rimmer
Capt. 'Ace' Owens
Hal Galili
Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member
Paul Tamarin
Lt. Goldberg
Laurence Herder
Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member
John McCarthy
Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member
Gordon Tanner
Gen. Faceman
Burnell Tucker
Mandrake' aide (uncredited)
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Keywords
usa presidentgeneralcold warstrategic air commanddark comedynuclear missilesatireblack and whitecynicalwar roombomber pilotnuclear weaponsex-nazianti wardoomsday deviceabsurdismsatiricalhilariousaudaciousfarcical
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$10M
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026