Day the World Ended

Unrated

12/1/19551h 19m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ ATTACKED... by a creature from hell! ~

Overview:

After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.

Director:

Roger Corman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

monster
nuclear war
radiation
mutant
post-apocalyptic future
end of the world
survival
murder
survivalist
scientist
cannibal
radiation sickness

Cast

Richard Denning

~ as ~

Rick

Lori Nelson

~ as ~

Louise Madison

Paul Birch

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Jim Madison

Mike Connors

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Tony Lamont

Adele Jergens

~ as ~

Ruby

Raymond Hatton

~ as ~

Pete

Paul Dubov

~ as ~

Radek

Jonathan Haze

~ as ~

Contaminated Man

Paul Blaisdell

~ as ~

Mutant

Roger Corman

~ as ~

Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)

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Reviews (2)

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talisencrw
Written 9 year(s) ago
7
I really enjoyed this a lot more than I had anticipated. Early Corman films are great fun to watch, as he's just bursting with ideas and is filled with reckless abandon. The film would make an intriguing twin-bill with Vincent Price's 'Last Man on Earth' for a fine night's viewing of post-apocalyptic mayhem...
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
5
Former sailor and father, "Jim" (Paul Birch) and his daughter "Lori" (Louise Maddison) are all set to hunker down and sit out the aftermath of a nuclear attack when two folks arrive at their door. He is all for ignoring it - they have limited resources - but she's a bit of a reckless goody-goody and so admits "Tony" (Mike Connors) and his girlfriend "Ruby" (Adele Jergens). Turns out he's a bit of a gangster, she's his moll and he also has a wandering eye. Luckily, "Rick" (Richard Denning) shows up with a man on death's door and a craving for raw meat! Though there is some good news as the radioactivity seems to be abating, but "Lori" - when she's not fending off the unwanted attentions of "Tony" - is starting to hear a voice. Something is trying to communicate with her. Maybe it's the ghost of the writer who died of boredom whilst writing the script? There's a great deal of it, and that really drags the pace of this into the doldrums. The story itself shows mankind in none too kind a light, but that's the way it has been contrived. Quite why "Tony" and his bejewelled gal would have been anywhere near this remote lakeside house is anyone's guess. The denouement, though never in doubt, merely confirmed what I thought about "Lori" all along - a charm free and rather impulsive character who, well... It's not really sci-fi, more a low budget romantic thriller that you'll never remember watching.