Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines. — Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson · Skopia

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Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.

Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

Dr. Strangelove · 1964

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Doomsday machine Nuclear weapons

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Black comedy (film)War (film)Black comedy War

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Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

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Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

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