Directed by:
Stanley KramerScreenplay:
John PaxtonCinematography:
Giuseppe RotunnoComposer:
Ernest GoldCast:
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Guy Doleman, Donna Anderson, John Meillon, Gerry Duggan, Joe McCormick, Peter Williams, Grant Taylor (more)Plots(1)
The war is over. Nobody won. Only the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the US submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction and radiation. Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) takes the Sawfish on a mission to see if an approaching radiation cloud has weakened, but returns with grim news: the cloud is lethal. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way. One (Fred Astaire) realizes a lifetime Grand Prix ambition, another (Ava Gardner) reaches out for a chance at love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gregory Peck
USA
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Big Country (1958)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Ava Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Fred Astaire
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999) - a.f.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Billy Elliot (2000) - a.f.
Anthony Perkins
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Guy Doleman
New Zealand
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Thunderball (1965)
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Donna Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
On the Beach (1959)
John Meillon
Australia
Best movies:
The Camel Boy (1984)
The Longest Day (1962)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Gerry Duggan
Ireland
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
Ride a Wild Pony (1975)
The Servant (1963)
Joe McCormick
Best movies:
On the Beach (1959)
Peter Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Richard III (1955)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Grant Taylor
UK
Best movies:
On the Beach (1959)
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
John Tate
Australia
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
On the Beach (1959)
Kevin Brennan
Australia
Best movies:
Get Carter (1971)
On the Beach (1959)
Other People's Money (1978)
Frank Gatliff
Australia
Best movies:
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
Ipcress (1965)
Audine Leith
Australia
Best movies:
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
On the Beach (1959)
Kiss or Kill (1997)
Stuart Finch
Australia
Best movies:
Phar Lap (1983)
On the Beach (1959)