On the Beach is a 1959 American black-and-white post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting a nuclear war and its aftermath. Unlike the novel, no blame is placed on whoever started the war; it is hinted in the film that the threat of annihilation may have arisen from an accident (for example, a fault in a few vacuum tubes or transistor circuits, as in the similarly themed 1964 film Fail-Safe).
On the Beach (1959)
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction |
Sub-Genres - Disaster Film, Dystopian Film, Post-Apocalyptic Film |
Release Date - Dec 16, 1959 |
Run Time - 134 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Budget
$2,900,000
Themes
Tags
Australia, Beach, Dark, Dystopia, End Of The World, Film Based On A Novel, Morse Code, Nuclear Holocaust, Nuclear War, Post Apocalypse, Submarine
Attributes
Based On: On the Beach
Filming Location: Australia, Melbourne, San Diego
Narrative Location: California, Melbourne
Subject: suicide
Filming Location: Australia, Melbourne, San Diego
Narrative Location: California, Melbourne
Subject: suicide
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