The late Peter Sellers plays a trio of characters in this
great Stanley Kubrick Cold War satire. Sellers
plays
- Captain Lionel Mandrake, a Royal Air Force
officer who issues the order by General Ripper for the nuclear
attack. - President Merkin Muffley, the indecisive American
leader. - Dr. Strangelove, the former Nazi scientist who is
now wheelchair-bound and the possessor of an unusual arm
twitch.
Other characters
include:
- General Buck Turgidson (George C.
Scott), a patriotic commander and Commie hater who tries to convince the President to
annihilate Russia before they do it to the U.S. - General
Jack Ripper (Sterling Hayden), who orders the nuclear assault for fear of the Russians
contaminating Americans' "bodily fluids." - Major "King"
Kong (Slim Pickens), who faithfully delivers the bomb and then dramatically (and
hilariously) rides it down to earth as if it were a rodeo
bull. - Colonel "Bat" Guano (Keenan Wynn), who is sent to
stop Ripper. - Lieutenant Lothat Zogg (James Earl Jones),
the plane's bombardier. - Alexei de Sadeski (Peter Bull),
the Soviet ambassador.
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