Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: The Biggest Story of Our Time!
- Genres: Science Fiction, Drama, Romance
- Release Date: 1959-12-16
- Runtime: 134.0 min
- Budget: Not Available
- Revenue: Not Available
- Production Companies: Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Cast & Crew
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, John Tate, Guy Doleman, John Meillon, Harp McGuire, Lola Brooks, Ken Wayne, Joe McCormick, Lou Vernon, Kevin Brennan
Synopsis – What to Expect from “On the Beach”
On the Beach is a 1959 post-apocalyptic drama film directed by Stanley Kramer. The film is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by British author Nevil Shute.
The film is set in the year 1964, after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization and left the world in ruins. The only survivors are a small number of people living in the southern hemisphere, who are unaware that the rest of the world is already dead.
The story follows an Australian submarine crew, led by Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck), as they search for any signs of life in the northern hemisphere. After a fruitless search, they return to Australia where they find that the radiation from the nuclear holocaust is slowly making its way south.
The crew finds that their home country has been left in chaos and despair. With the radiation coming closer, the Australian government begins to implement a plan to evacuate the population to the island of New Zealand.
As the radiation continues to spread, the Australian government decides to launch a nuclear missile in the hope of creating a protective shield. However, the plan fails and the radiation continues to spread.
With the radiation closing in, the crew of the Australian submarine must decide whether to stay in Australia and face certain death, or flee to New Zealand and face an uncertain future.
The film follows the crew’s struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, and their attempt to find hope in a seemingly hopeless
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