• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1959-12-17
  • Runtime134 minutes
  • TaglineThe Biggest Story of Our Time!
  • Revenue2,200,000$
  • GenreScience Fiction, Drama, Romance
  • Production
    CompaniesStanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
  • Budget2,900,000$

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

Casts

Gregory Peck

Ava Gardner

Fred Astaire

Anthony Perkins

Donna Anderson

Guy Doleman

John Meillon

Harp McGuire

Lola Brooks

Ken Wayne