The residents of Australia after a global nuclear war must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
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, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, John Tate, Harp McGuire, Lola Brooks, Ken Wayne, Guy Doleman, Richard Meikle, John Meillon, Joe McCormick, Lou Vernon, Kevin Brennan
About this movie
Title: On the Beach (1959)
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Date of birth: 29 September 1913, New York City, New York, USA
Date of death: 19. februar 2001, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Californien, USA
Writing credits: Stanley Kramer, Nevil Shute (story)
Music: Ernest Gold
Year: 1959
Country: United States
Language: English
Color: Black & White
Runtime: 134 min.