No Blade of Grass (film)

No Blade of Grass
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed byCornel Wilde
Screenplay bySean Forestal
Cornel Wilde
(as Jefferson Pascal)
Based onThe Death of Grass
1956 novel
by John Christopher
Produced byCornel Wilde
StarringNigel Davenport
Jean Wallace
Lynne Frederick
Anthony May
CinematographyH.A.R. Thomson
Edited byFrank Clarke
Music byBurnell Whibley
Production
company
Theodora Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 23, 1970 (1970-10-23) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States[1]
LanguageEnglish

No Blade of Grass is a 1970 apocalyptic dystopian film co-written, directed and produced by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. It is an adaptation of John Christopher's novel The Death of Grass (1956) and follows the survivors of a plague that has hit London in the not too distant future. When London is overwhelmed by food riots caused by a global famine, a man tries to lead his family to safety to a remote valley in Westmorland.

  1. ^ "No Blade of Grass (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2015.