On the Beach

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?

• John PaxtonScreenplay
• Stanley KramerDirector
• Ernest GoldOriginal Music Composer

• Gregory PeckDwight Towers
• Ava GardnerMoira Davidson
• Fred AstaireJulian Osborn
• Anthony PerkinsLt. Peter Holmes
• Donna AndersonMary Holmes
• Guy DolemanLt. Cmdr. Farrel
• John MeillonRalph Swain
• Harp McGuireLt. Sunderstrom
• Lola BrooksLt. Hosgood
• Ken WayneLt. Benson
• Joe McCormickAckerman
• Lou VernonBill Davidson