Directed by Stanley Kubrick Written by Stanley Kubrick   Terry Southern   Peter George   Cast Peter Sellers ... Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove George C. Scott ... Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson Sterling Hayden ... Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper Keenan Wynn ... Col. 'Bat' Guano Slim Pickens ... Maj. 'King' Kong Peter Bull ... Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky James Earl Jones ... Lt. Lothar Zogg Tracy Reed ... Miss Scott Jack Creley ... Mr. Staines Frank Berry ... Lt. H.R. Dietrich Robert O'Neil ... Adm. Randolph Glenn Beck ... Lt. Kivel (as Glen Beck) Roy Stephens ... Frank Shane Rimmer ... Capt. 'Ace' Owens Hal Galili ... Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member Paul Tamarin ... Lt. Goldberg Laurence Herder ... Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member Gordon Tanner ... Gen. Faceman John McCarthy ... Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member Uncredited Cast Dan Cressey ... War Room Aid John Doye ... War Room Aid Peter Evans ... War Room Aide Chick Fowles ... War Room Aide Victor Harrington ... War Room Aide Bob Head ... War Room Aide Bill Hibbert ... Computer Room Officer George Holdcroft ... War Room Aide Fred Machon ... War Room Aide Joe Phelps ... General in War Room Peter Roy ... War Room Aide Jeff Silk ... Advisor in War Room Reg Thomason ... War Room Aide Burnell Tucker ... Mandrake's Aide Martin Voss ... War Room Aid Produced by Stanley Kubrick   Victor Lyndon   Lee Minoff   Original Music by Laurie Johnson

Additional Info Premiere: January 29, 1964 DVD Release: September 10, 1997 Blu-ray Release: June 16, 2009 Countries: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Production Companies Stanley Kubrick Productions (Hawk Films) Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1964) (United States) (theatrical) Fathom Events   (2016) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical) Sony Pictures Repertory   (1994) (United States) (theatrical) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (DVD) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2004) (United States) (DVD) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1994) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1997) (United States) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1999) (United States) (DVD) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1999) (United States) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (2000) (United States) (DVD) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) RCA (II)   (1983) (United States) (CED VideoDisc) (video) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1982) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1983) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1984) (United States) (VHS) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1985) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1987) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2007) (United States) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2008) (United States) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2020) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (Columbia Classics collection) Sony Pictures Television International   (2005) (United States) (syndication) (TV) Sony Pictures Television   (2002) (United States) (syndication) (TV) The Criterion Channel   (2020) (United States) (digital) (TV) The Criterion Collection   (1992) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) The Criterion Collection   (2016) (United States) (Blu-ray) The Criterion Collection   (2016) (United States) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (1999) (United States) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (United States) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2000) (United States) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2001) (United States) (DVD) Filming Locations A Stage, Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK   (Pentagon War Room) Arctic   (aerial photography - outside bomber views) Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada   (aerial photography - outside bomber views at end of flight) England, UK Greenland   (aerial photography - outside bomber views) Heathrow Airport, The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK Iceland   (aerial photography - outside bomber views) London, Greater London, England, UK   (London Airport) Northwest Territories, Canada   (aerial photography - outside bomber views) Okaloosa County, Florida, USA   (Outside view of bomber passing over beaches) Québec, Canada   (aerial photography - outside bomber views) Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA   (aerial photography - outside bomber views) Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK   (Studio) (sets - Pentagon War Room, B-52 Stratofortress bomber cockpit, motel room, General Ripper's office and corridor, military airport exterior) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating 7.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.9 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #294 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 8 total ratings Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #290 The Incredible Hulk (2008) #291 Aquaman (2018) #292 American Sniper (2014) #293 Kung Fu Panda (2008) #294 Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) #295 The Butterfly Effect (2004) #296 Rear Window (1954) #297 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005) #298 Little Miss Sunshine (2006)