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President Merkin Muffley (Character)
from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb -- An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

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Biography:
President Muffley is what would have happened if Ronald Reagan would have been elected President... See more »
Alternate Names:
The President

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  1. "Screen Wars"
        - Dr. Strangefilm (2007) TV episode, Played by Amanda Melby (as The President)

  2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Played by Peter Sellers
    ... aka "Dr. Strangelove" - Australia (short title), UK (short title), USA (short title)
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  1. America at the Movies (1976) Played by Peter Sellers

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Comedy / War
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Quotes:
From Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
[after learning of the Doomsday Machine]
President Merkin Muffley: But this is absolute madness, Ambassador! Why should you *build* such a thing?
Ambassador de Sadesky: There were those of us who fought against it, but in the end we could not keep up with the expense involved in the arms race, the space race, and the peace race. At the same time our people grumbled for more nylons and washing machines. Our doomsday scheme cost us just a small fraction of what we had been spending on defense in a single year. The deciding factor was when we learned that your country was working along similar lines, and we were afraid of a doomsday gap.
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