Ladybug Ladybug (1963)

Directed by

Frank Perry

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a false alarm at a rural elementary school makes students and staff believe a nuclear attack is happening. The film follows their reactions as fear and confusion spread.

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What happens

Ladybug Ladybug is a 1963 American docudrama film directed by Frank Perry and written by Eleanor Perry. The film is a commentary on the psychological effects of the Cold War, the title deriving from the classic nursery rhyme. It marked the film debuts of William Daniels, Estelle Parsons and Jane Connell. The film was inspired by a McCall's magazine story by Lois Dickert (Lois Dickert Armstrong), "They Thought the War Was On!", about an actual incident at a California elementary school during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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