On the Beach Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 1198

Average Rating: 3.1/4

# of Ratings: 30

Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1959

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Stanley Kramer

Actors: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, John Tate

Plot: After nuclear war wipes out most of humanity, the few survivors -- including a submarine commander, a young married couple and a party girl searching for true love -- wait for the fallout to hit them in this grim anti-war film. -- Filmhog

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2.5/4

SIngli6 - wrote on 01/07/2012

The tenets of nihilism do make for riveting conversation, but a guideline for screenplay composition they frankly are not.

Rating of
3/4

Filmhog - wrote on 09/06/2009

Shamelessly manipulative but also genuinely moving. If you can watch the final scene between Anthony Perkins and Donna Anderson without sniffling a little, you're made of stronger stuff than I am.

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