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On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, it is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel On the Beach depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war.
On the Beach: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins. After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
- (14K)
- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Stanley Kramer
- 1959-12-17
When the survivors receive a strange signal from San Diego, Cmdr. Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) must undertake a mission with Lt. Peter Holmes (Anthony Perkins) to see if there is hope for humanity...
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- Gregory Peck
- Stanley Kramer
- Sci-Fi
In 1964, the nuclear submarine USS Sawfish arrives in Australia after the worldwide nuclear holocaust. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers confirms that the world has been destroyed and the nuclear dust is coming to Australia.
May 28, 2000 · On the Beach: Directed by Russell Mulcahy. With Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie. After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
- (4.2K)
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Russell Mulcahy
- 2000-05-28
On the Beach (1959) was Kramer's anti-atom bomb polemic in which Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire survive an initial nuclear holocaust only to face a slow, painful death from fallout.
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Overview. In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him.
