Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove is a 1964 comedy film about the threat of nuclear war directed by Stanley Kubrick. It stars Peter Sellers (in three roles; President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, &amp; the title character), George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, James Earl Jones and Slim Pickens.

B-52 Stratofortress
The primary plane carrying nuclear bombs. Major King Kong is trained to ignore any radio transmissions past the "failsafe" distance.