On the Beach

1959·134'

Stanley Kramer

DramaRomanceScience Fiction

EN - English

Letterboxd TMDB #35412

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. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?

Cast

Gregory Peck Dwight Towers Ava Gardner Moira Davidson Fred Astaire Julian Osborn Anthony Perkins Lt. Peter Holmes Donna Anderson Mary Holmes Guy Doleman Lt. Cmdr. Farrel John Meillon Ralph Swain Harp McGuire Lt. Sunderstrom Lola Brooks Lt. Hosgood Ken Wayne Lt. Benson

Joe McCormick Ackerman

Lou Vernon Bill Davidson