Which film featured James Earl Jones in his first credited movie role?

"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (known as "Dr. Strangelove"), a 1964 political satire black comedy film, was directed, co-written, and produced by Stanley Kubrick. It stars Peter Sellers in three key roles, including the title character. The film, financed and released by Columbia Pictures, was a co-production between the US and UK.

The film, which satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States, also stars/features George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Jack Creley, Peter Bull, Shane Rimmer, Tracy Reed, and James Earl Jones (his first credited movie). It is a movie that is loosely based on the thriller novel "Red Alert" (1958) by Peter George, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kubrick and Terry Southern.

The story concerns an unhinged US Air Force general who orders a pre-emptive nuclear attack on the USSR. It separately follows the US president (Sellers), his advisers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a Royal Air Force exchange officer (Sellers) as they attempt to prevent the crew of a B-52 (following orders from the general) from bombing the Soviet Union and starting a nuclear war.

The film is often considered one of the best comedies ever made and one of the greatest films of all time.

James Earl Jones (1931—2024) was an American actor who used his deep resonant voice to great effect in stage, film, and TV roles. He had a prolific movie career.