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PRO ANTI

So, two days in a row. Two anti-war films. Both with Keenan Wynn in them. What gives?

If you do not remember Keenan Wynn, to bad for you. He was Ed Wynn's son.

Even worse if you do not remember 'the Perfect Fool', the dad. He did some 'serious' parts in later films but he shouldn't have.

Keenan was a hell raiser and friend of the stars and directors and for a number of years he had at least a character walk-on in many pictures. I loved him as a kid. He was always a wise-cracking rebel or a pastiche of the know-it-all-know-nothing guy.

They have him down for 175 film and 111 television credits. He was a phenom.

Oh. What was the film?

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

Long title, short film for Stanley Kubrick who made it. It is amazingly fresh and alive today.

Not the least because many of the issues addressed in the film are still apparent if not rampant.

Peter Sellers does trifecta in this one but I still like the George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden as well. Hell, I liked all of it. And, of course it has Keenan Wynn. He had six films out that year! Imagine.

Also a tip of the hat to Slim Pickens who is another 'frequent flier' in films at that time.

What can I say? This film is a classic.

It still nets a 5 out of Netflix5.