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

Convinced that communists are contaminating the United States, a general, in a fit of madness, orders a surprise nuclear air strike against the Soviet Union. His aide, Captain Mandrake, tries to find the formula to stop the bombing. Meanwhile, the U.S. President contacts Moscow to convince the Soviet government that the attack is nothing more than a stupid mistake. Meanwhile, the American advisor, a former Nazi scientist, Dr. Strangelove, confirms the existence of the "Doomsday Machine," a Soviet retaliation device capable of wiping out humanity forever.