On the Beach (1959)

Synopsis: After the entire Northern Hemisphere is destroyed by a nuclear war, a group of survivors in Australia prepare for their own inevitable demise. As a deadly cloud of radiation creeps toward the... After the entire Northern Hemisphere is destroyed by a nuclear war, a group of survivors in Australia prepare for their own inevitable demise. As a deadly cloud of radiation creeps toward the continent, some survivors cling to hopes that life as they know it has continued somewhere, hopes that are fed by the discovery of a mysterious, erratic radio signal emanating from San Diego. Others, such as Astaire's sardonic, race-car driving physicist and Gardner's world-weary, tippling party girl, throw their energies into squeezing the last drops from their lives. A grim, unflinching clarion call for sanity that inches along at a maddeningly deliberate and suspenseful pace. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute. Academy Award Nominations: 2, Best Editing (Frederic Knudtson) and Best Score (Ernest Gold). [More]

Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins

Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, John Tate, Lola Brooks, John Meillon, Lou Vernon, Ken Wayne, Richard Meikle, Harp McGuire, Jim Barrett, Basil Buller Murphy, Keith Eden, Guy Doleman, Grant Taylor, John Royle, Frank Gatliff

Director: Stanley Kramer

Director: Stanley Kramer
Screenwriter: John Paxton, Jim Barrett
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Composer: Ernest Gold

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