Post by snsurone on Aug 9, 2018 21:24:50 GMT
This is a brilliantly made movie that centers on an impending nuclear attack on the Soviet Union by American forces who had received a false message.
Henry Fonda played the POTUS, who desperately tried to stop the oncoming attack, only to be rebuffed by the captain of the fighter squad.
He was forced to agree that if the attack on Moscow was successful, the Soviets could attack any major American city.
The scenes of Fonda on the phone with the Soviet premiere, with a young Larry Hagman as his translator, were chilling.
The final scene, depicting NYC as the city targeted for Soviet bombers was heartbreaking.
This movie was brilliantly photographed in B&W, in film noir style, which added to its effectiveness.
The Cold War was still in full force when this film was made.
I wonder if movie audiences then were frightened by its message.
Henry Fonda played the POTUS, who desperately tried to stop the oncoming attack, only to be rebuffed by the captain of the fighter squad.
He was forced to agree that if the attack on Moscow was successful, the Soviets could attack any major American city.
The scenes of Fonda on the phone with the Soviet premiere, with a young Larry Hagman as his translator, were chilling.
The final scene, depicting NYC as the city targeted for Soviet bombers was heartbreaking.
This movie was brilliantly photographed in B&W, in film noir style, which added to its effectiveness.
The Cold War was still in full force when this film was made.
I wonder if movie audiences then were frightened by its message.