| On the Beach | |
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| Directed by | Stanley Kramer |
| Screenplay by | John Paxton |
| Based on | On the Beach 1957 novel by Nevil Shute |
| Produced by | Stanley Kramer |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins Donna Anderson |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Frederic Knudtson |
| Music by | Ernest Gold |
Production companies | Lomitas Productions Inc. Spinel Entertainment |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.9 million[1] |
On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer,[2] it is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel On the Beach depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war.[3] Unlike the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war, which attributes global annihilation with fear, compounded by accident or misjudgment.
- ^ Balio 1987 p. 144.
- ^ Mitchell 2001, pp. 177–183.
- ^ Weaver 2011, pp. 62–71.