On the Beach
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way.
22 November 1923, Hamilton, New Zealand
10 October 1929, Australia
1928 in Australia
September 29, 1935 in Australia
1 May 1934, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
October 21, 1895 in Orangeville, Utah, USA
31 December 1927, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1909, Dublin, Ireland, UK
March 23, 1932 in Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
6 December 1917, London, England, UK
4 April 1932, New York City, New York, USA
1 November 1921, Tennessee, USA
5 September 1939, Gunnison, Colorado, USA
c. 1920 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
24 December 1922, Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
1915, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
28 April 1915, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1925, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
April 18, 1917 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
5 July 1918, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
10 May 1899, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
26 June 1888, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
5 January 1915, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
August 07, 2005
Kramer's apocalyptic drama is too verbose, replete with "message" speeches, but the text is intelligent, reflecting the Cold War mentality, and well-acted by Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire (in his first nonmusical role) and Anthony Perkins.
March 31, 2005
As scary a horror film as any you will find.
October 16, 2004
A nuclear war what-if starring some heavy hitters.
November 07, 2007
A powerful, well-acted, deftly photographed film.
July 09, 2016
Director Kramer's drama is a bleak and heart wrenching tale of the end of the world...
November 07, 2007
A wasted opportunity.
December 17, 2012
The scenario - one of the best in Stanley Kramer's filmography - is uniquely human in the annals of post-nuclear cinema.
January 26, 2006
Fine photography, but the script is a typically numbing affair, and the cast, aside from Peck and Meillon, seem totally out of their depth.
January 26, 2006
While heartbreaking and touching, it's hard to imagine that riots aren't rampant and that martial law isn't required, but hey, it's a movie, and quite a good -- if overlong -- one, at that.
May 20, 2003
The great merit of this picture, aside from its entertaining qualities, is the fact that it carries a passionate conviction that man is worth saving, after all.
March 06, 2008
Gloomy doomsday film that is more talky, melodramatic and numbing than imaginative.
November 07, 2007
A tiresome, talky 1959 film.
