Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Ripper's Motivations

When Mandrake (Peter Sellers) asks Ripper (Sterling Hayden) for the launch codes, Ripper refuses and explains his true intentions to start nuclear war.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

© Sony 2012

Released in 1964 by Sony.

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  • year: 1964
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