Nancy Berg

Fail Safe (1964)

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Walter Matthau  •  Fritz Weaver  •  Larry Hagman

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Walter Matthau  •  Fritz Weaver  •  Larry Hagman

Thunder in Dixie (1964)

Mickey Arnold is a loving husband and a good friend to Ticker Welsh. However, when Mickey finds out that Ticker has seduced his wife, their friendship collapses. Now, the two are in a battle of wits, and Mickey can only win his wife back by getting first place in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William T. Naud
CAST:  Harry Millard  •  Mike Bradford  •  Nancy Berg  •  Ted Erwin

Mickey Arnold is a loving husband and a good friend to Ticker Welsh. However, when Mickey finds out that Ticker has seduced his wife, their friendship collapses. Now, the two are in a battle of wits, and Mickey can only win his wife back by getting first place in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William T. Naud
CAST:  Harry Millard  •  Mike Bradford  •  Nancy Berg  •  Ted Erwin

Nurse (1980)

Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Michael Learned  •  Robert Reed  •  Tom Aldredge  •  Antonio Fargas

Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Michael Learned  •  Robert Reed  •  Tom Aldredge  •  Antonio Fargas

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Sidney Lumet  •  Dan O'Herlihy  •  Walter Bernstein  •  George Clooney

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Sidney Lumet  •  Dan O'Herlihy  •  Walter Bernstein  •  George Clooney

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  J. Hoberman  •  Henry Fonda  •  Frieda Altman  •  Nancy Berg

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  J. Hoberman  •  Henry Fonda  •  Frieda Altman  •  Nancy Berg