Plot
In 1964, the nuclear submarine USS Sawfish arrives in Australia after the worldwide nuclear holocaust. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers confirms that the world has been destroyed and the nuclear dust is coming to Australia. The widower Cmdr. Towers, who grieves the death of his wife and children, is befriended by Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant Peter Holmes, who is a family man with wife and the newborn baby Jennifer. He has a lover affair with the local Moira Davidson, a still beautiful alcoholic woman with a past, and she falls in love with him. Cmdr. Towers and his crew invite the drunkard scientist Julian Osborne to join them in their reconnaissance voyage to the further North and to the United States, and they return hopeless and aware that Australia and the rest of the mankind has very few days until the doomsday.
Cast
Gregory Peck as Commander Dwight Lionel Towers,・・・・・・USS Sawfish
Ava Gardner as Moira Davidson・・・・・・・・・Towers' Australian love interest
Fred Astaire as Julian Osborn・・・・・・・・・・Australian scientist
Anthony Perkins as Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes・・・・・・・・・・Royal Australian Navy
Donna Anderson as Mary Holmes・・・・・・・・・Peter's wife
Academy Awards
Nominated
Best Score
Best Editing
ネビル・シュートの小説を原作にした映画です。核戦争で人類はオーストラリアの一地域を除いで絶滅したという話です。主演はアラバマ物語でアカデミー主演男優賞を受賞しローマの休日にも出演したグレゴリー・ペック。
フレッド・アステアが科学者役で出演しています。アステアはミュージカル映画に多く出演し、ダンサーとして有名でしたがこの映画ではダンスは披露していません。演技者としても実力を見せています。この映画が公開された頃はアステアは60歳近くになっていたのでダンスをやるのは厳しくなっていました。
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