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

Name: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1964-01-29
Rating: 8.119

The hot-line suspense comedy.

Film19641h 35mReleased

ComedyWar

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Director: Stanley Kubrick
Language: English
Released: 1964-01-29
Runtime: 1h 35m

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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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