Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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81% Critic Match

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

The hot-line suspense comedy.

8.1 / 10 1964 1h 35mPG English
ComedyWar

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove

Lead
George C. Scott

George C. Scott

General 'Buck' Turgidson

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Colonel Bat Guano

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Major "King" Kong

Peter Bull

Peter Bull

Botschafter De Sadesky

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Lt. Lothar Zogg

Tracy Reed

Tracy Reed

Miss Scott

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kubrick's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker