Review: 'On The Beach' (1959) - An Apocalyptic Masterpiece *You Probably Shouldn't Watch Right Now*
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- *This review contains spoilers*
As a piece of speculative fiction about humanity's tendency towards self-destruction, "On The Beach" remains one of the most upsetting visions of a post-apocalyptic world ever committed to film.
It's brilliantly written and directed and it packs a shattering emotional punch like few other films. The acting is superb, its message is powerful....
But should you watch it right now, during a pandemic...? I'm not so sure...
"On The Beach" directed by Stanley Kramer, from a script by John Paxton, based on the novel by Neville Shute
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
Donna Anderson as Mary Holmes, Peter's wife
John Tate as Admiral Bridie, Royal Australian Navy
Harp McGuire as Lieutenant Sunderstrom (ashore in San Diego)
Lola Brooks as Lieutenant Hosgood, Bridie's secretary
Ken Wayne as Lieutenant Benson
Guy Doleman as Lieutenant Commander Farrel
Richard Meikle as Davis
John Meillon as Sawfish crewman Ralph Swain (ashore in San Francisco)
Joe McCormick as Ackerman, radiation sickness victim
Lou Vernon as Bill Davidson, Moira's father
Kevin Brennan as Dr. King, radiation diagnosis doctor
Keith Eden as Dr. Fletcher (beach scene)
Basil Buller-Murphy as Sir Douglas Froude
Brian James as Royal Australian Navy officer
John Casson as Salvation Army captain
Paddy Moran as Stevens (club wine steward)
Grant Taylor as Morgan (Holmes party)
George Fairfax (Holmes party guest)
Earl Francis (Holmes party guest)
Pat Port (Runner on Beach)
Cary Peck (uncredited)
Copyrigth for this film remains with the film-makers. Any material included here is intended for the purposes of review only.
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The way Stanley Kramer manages the scifi in this film is more terrifying because is done through the melodrama. Never the fear about nuclear disaster felt so close.
The awkward sensation and the suffocating atmosphere starts from the very beginning. Some scenes have such power that can squash your feelings, but one the best things is the chemistry between the actors.
Great observations. The cast are really superb in this and Stanley Kramer does an incredible job with very tough subject matter. Thanks for watching and commenting. :)
I don't think I've ever seen a film that deals with sheer desperation like this film does. Anthony Perkins' character seems to be the only person in the film who has looked the impending doom straight in the eye and is ready for the inevitable. The scene with Fred Astaire going out like a man with a smile on his face is permanently etched in my psyche.
Yeah, right? There's something about Perkins' performance that is unlike anything else we've ever seen. It's hard to even put it into words.The connection he makes as a performer with us, the audience, is incredible. At the centre of the apocalypse, he is just quietly trying to get on with things, even though he knows how bad things are, and while people around him are falling apart. It's amazing, and heartbreaking.
That Fred Astaire scene is so painful for me to watch. Fred Astaire doing that.... It's just too sad...as it was intended to be. :'(
Amazing film...Thanks for watching and commenting!
I first read the Nevil Shute novel and, being an Aussie, I found it to be incredibly moving and profound, so much so, that I was actually moved to tears, at the novels end. The movie was no less shattering. Thank you, for a fine review, of a truly classic film.
I love this movie. Fred Astaire in a very good dramatic role. This movie came out during the cold war era. A couple other movies worth a look during this time both came out in 1964. Seven Days in May with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner and Fredric March. Then Fail Safe with Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau and Larry Hagman. Very good review of this movie. You're only one of a couple people that do reactions to classic movies. Thanks.😄👍🙏
Thanks for those suggestions - I've heard so many great things about Fail Safe, I really want to see it.
Casting Fred Astaire in this was a master stroke. Everyone loves him. To see him like this in the movie is shocking, as I'm sure the film-makers meant to shock the viewer. The Cold War era must have been so scary to live through.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies There's also the very dark movie satire, Doctor Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. That's how nuclear weapons were referred to: the Bomb. The threat of nuclear war hung over the world like the Sword of Damocles. It seemed imminent. Bombs were being tested in the atmosphere until 1964; people were afraid of the contamination, or fallout as it was called, and not without reason.
It really seemed about to happen in October 1962. The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis is well worth studying. I was 11 at the time. I was terrified and I don't think I've ever recovered. Watching On the Beach (in the late 1960s) was difficult as hell for me. It really does capture the feel of how things were at the time.
Thank you so much for reviewing and taking about this film. It’s just so important and a huge influence in my life acting wise. Thank you. I saw this the first time during the start of the Pandemic and it really hit hard. But still does and as a fan of Gregory Peck it’s just a grand performance from everyone.
This movie is one of my absolute favorites, and your critical review of it, one of the very best. Thanks!
Thank you so much, Rex, and thank you for subscribing. It is an incredible movie that leaves a lasting impression.
I agree that Waltzing Matilda was used too often throughout the film, but as a young American who had never heard it before, I think the various versions used were enough for me to keep it from becoming too repetitive. It's funny because the scene of Moira and Towers' kiss with Waltzing Matilda is my favorite scene in the movie
That's a good point - we hear it a lot more over here so my tolerance for the song might be lower than yours! :)
I love Waltzing Matilda, but this was the first time I heard it (@ 9 years old, in 1961) and I like to say that I'll never hear it the same way again. I don't see a problem with it, because it is so gentle and humane. It's use in the movie is like everyone saying goodbye to each other, and the human race. As such, it is very, very moving, and I rarely hear it or think about it without tears. Thank you for examining this movie.
I really like the use of Waltzing Matilda, a song ultimately about desperation and suicide, because it fits both the theme and the geography.
Absolutely spot on. Jeez, I’m not sure whether I want to thank you or not reminding me of this movie! Yes, it’s a masterpiece. I last saw it about 30 odd years ago and it hit me hard and has stayed with me. I don’t know if I’m in a place to be able to see it again any time soon, l but I certainly will. Again, thank you for the terrific review.
Thank you! I actually didn't really want to watch it but I had agreed to write something about it for a sci-fi publication, so I forced myself. Yikes, it's just so intense. But at the same time it has a lot of remarkable things in it - not the least of which is Anthony Perkins' heartbreaking performance. Every time I go past any of the locations of the movie I always think about it. "There is still time, brother"...
@@TengyTalksTVMovies ❄😈🤯☻its a classic movie
@@mikesilva3868 It sure is. A real work of art with a very important message.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies 📼😊agreed
Great review. It was especially intriguing hearing the opinions and insights from a Melbourne native. Thank you. As an American high schooler in the 70s, I read the book and watched this movie for an English class. It was devastating then, but resonates with increasing power as you get older and become more aware of your impending mortality. Now, as a parent, the scenes with Peter and Mary are crushing on a whole new level. Peter’s decision to go on the submarine mission - a natural choice to my younger self - is unimaginable now. But it hits at a core theme of the movie. All of the military figures are seen in crisp uniform doing their duty right to the end, which is what got us into the situation. Even at the end, Towers is in uniform leaving the woman he loves to go scuttle his submarine as US Navy Regs require. Even the young scouts marching through the river in uniform as Peck and Gardiner fish suggests a certain reverence for duty even in the last days of mankind. The scene when Swain jumps ship to return home leaves me wondering what it would be like to watch that sub pull away knowing you were the last person alive in the northern hemisphere. Imagine if Swain had been told the last time he was home that his next return would be under those circumstances? The last look up to the sun by Peck before he close the hatch at the end has stayed with me for a long time. I read somewhere that JFK read On The Beach while he was in office. This movie and book should be read by anyone in or aspiring to a leadership position .
Thank you! This movie is indeed a hard watch and yet is well done.
The entire cast was wonderful. The last scene of Moira watching the submarine sumerge knowing she’ll die all alone will break your heart.
I just watched “On the Beach” for the first time a week ago and it was powerful. I showed it to my wife yesterday and was even more blown away. (I am almost 60 and have watched more movies than most people, and I don’t know how I missed this one for so long.) I agree with your assessment though I think the use of “Waltzing Matilda” especially at the end was very effective. I don’t usually watch channels in which people talk in front of the camera the whole time, but I am glad I gave yours a chance. You gave the film a thoughtful review. I will watch more. (Besides, how could I not love the USS Enterprise behind you?)
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments, Richard :) Glad you like my Enterprise model! On The Beach is still such a powerful film, all these years later. I've seen it many times now, and it never loses its shock value, or its emotional punch to the heart. Fred Astaire's final scene just breaks me every time. Amazing stuff. Thanks for watching!
Oh and thanks so much for subscribing - I only just noticed that now :)
Always found the use of Waltzing Matilda to be quite haunting, particularly when it reaches that very bleak ending.
"There is still time, brother."
With its theme of suicide, the song does have a strong payoff in the movie...I just wish they had used it a little more judiciously throughout the film.
I think of that slogan whenever I pass the State Library of Victoria where those scenes were filmed. It's amazing how much of an impact those images still have. Haunting and powerful indeed.
Thank you for watching and commenting :)
@@TengyTalksTVMovies I'm enjoying The Goodies reviews. 😉
I'm a fan of all the big name actors in this movie, and while I think it is a really good and thought provoking film, it sits high on my list of saddest and depressing movies. Very good review, I just subbed.
Nicely done. As an older American, I grew up watching the on average nights at home as a child, when movies were shown nightly, and I have remembered it ever since. I remember the worldwide popularity of Waltzing Matilda brought about by the movie. I agree that the viewer is badgered, beaten, tormented by the song, as well as soothed by the wistful melancholy. I had confused it with a Canadian folk song about WW I, and thought it may have been used, just like the inclusion of your WW I memorial, as a reminder of the tragedy of war. But I just went and read the song's history. It is about suicide, to die rather than be captured, to empathize with the poor common man against the power of landowners and police.
For someone who understands the Australian history of the song, the politics of the sheep/wool industry and labor, I suspect an excellent critique could be made. But for most of us, it is a yearning evocation and identification of a remote place, where still there is nowhere to hide.
My big objection is how LOUD and jarring the atonal blaring music at the last moment, hammering in the urgency to act. Even as I know that was precisely the point, but Nevil Shute and rhe actors did it better quietly. Thank you.
thanks for your thoughtful comments. I agree that the song's theme of suicide has a dramatic payoff in the film. I just wish the song had been used more judiciously and not repeated so very often throughout. I agree that final moments are very loud. I wonder how it might have worked with just silence instead?
Thanks for watching and commenting :)
This was a great analysis of On the Beach. Really enjoyed this!
Your review of this singular film is right on the money. I do think, however, that now is an essential time for people to watch On The Beach and carefully consider the message it conveys. From climate change, to the pandemic, broken politics and growing denial of scientific fact, our planet faces a very real choice. "There is still time...brother"
You're right, it is an important film, and one that deserves to be more widely seen because it does have a message everyone needs to hear.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies Your review actually prompted me to dig out my copy to watch again this afternoon. I have seen this film more times than I can count and it still carries a powerful punch. I have heard people criticize this movie for not being more graphic and understating the destruction of a nuclear war. But I think that the focus on the human aspects of dealing with the aftermath and the certainty that the world was ending "with a whimper" was far more powerful than other more graphic attempts. I recall seeing only one other film that handled this issue in a similar way. It was called Testament made in 1983 and starring Jane Alexander. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it highly
This film was one of the main reasons I decided to migrate to Australia. All those years ago it seemed that Oz would be a last vestige of impounding death. Now with the latest war, it seems even more closer. :(
And if not that, then I fear that climate change will strike Australia very hard...it already seems to be happening :(
One poster here remembers being told by
his aged relatives who saw the movie at its first projection in their city,
how when the movie ended, everybody was sober-face silent.
The realization that it could well have happened hushed all tongues.
& less than 3 years later it almost for real happened,
with an irresponsible psychopath urging atomic war.
And today we have another psychopath threatening atomic war again if he is denied his way.
Back to square one.
Yes it's terribly sad and depressing that some people seem to want to keep the world on the precipice of annihilation. Maybe more people today need to see this film, as it really does bring home the horror of Armageddon in the most painfully and undeniable way.
Trying to escape the inevitable, isn’t that what humanity does anyway? Perhaps we should learn to live and love while we can.
Can not agree more with you. Had watched today "On the Beach" after it was recommended by reference in the article I had read. What has striked me the most is how most of the characters have a huge passion and will to live. No matter about facts and how things will end. Considering this, it is more of a strong celebration of life and love to me. So it is more humanistic then apocalyptic in it's nature. Also, did you consider reviewing Chernobyl series from 2019? I would really love to hear you thoughts about it somewhere in the future.
That's a beautiful interpretation of the movie :)
I have heard such great reports about the Chernobyl series but in a way I am afraid to watch it because I know it will be very upsetting. I hope to watch it at a time when the world situation is a bit less stressful and my nerves can handle the depiction of this tragic event.
Thanks so much for watching and leaving such a thoughtful comment :)
@@TengyTalksTVMovies Glad that you liked my interpretation :) Regarding Chernobyl, it is beautiful but also very upsetting and disturbing at moments. It makes people wonder about a lot of things in life; like love, happiness, value of living. So I do agree with you, it does make sense to postpone watching it after the pandemic. :)
@@nebojsatomcic I am a fan of Jared Harris who stars in it, so I am keen to see his performance in it. I also enjoyed his role in the recent series "The Terror," which was a very interesting story too.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies I'm also fan of Jared Harris. :) He also gives in Chernobyl his masterful acting performance.
'On the Beach' is a wonderful movie. I did read the book, in paperback form, years ago, but unfortuately it was lost during a move. However, Moria's farewell line, as she's standing on the bluff watching the submarine sail away forever has stayed in memory: "Dwight, if you're on your way now, wait for me." Very touching, and I wish that it had been in the film. The implication, of course, is that she and Dwight would soon be reunited in Heaven.
I don't know the details, but apparently Nevil Shute was very dissatisfied with the picture. In particular, he felt that Dwight and Moria should not have consummated their love, in respect to his dead wife. My feeling, basically, is, why not? They were in love, strongly attracted to each other, and were both single. Through that love, Dwight and Moira were, I think, able to face their inevitable deaths, because they had enjoyed something wonderful in their last months.
A very good summary. When I first saw this film as a kid I thought 'why wasn't it made in colour?' But B/W probably suits the post-apocalyptic theme.
There is another post-apocalyptic film that was made on a cheap shoestring budget. It was well written called "This is Not a Test" from 1962. Even though the acting was a bit sketchy, it still was a memorable movie.
Thanks for the recommendation! :)
Absolutely agree with your summation, though I think Donna Anderson - who I believe actually debuted in this movie - did a nerve-rackingly realistic job as the young mum confronting the impossible. She was - in a way - the voice of humanity, of the millions of ordinary young and not so young people not included in the drama, or who were glimpsed as extras lining up for poison, and who must one day collectively see the sun rise for the last time. I particularly concur in regard to the Waltzing Matilda tune. It made an excellent orchestral intro, and interesting incidental variations appeared throughout the move, but it really did begin to grate in the end. It was almost as if the movie makers didn't know any other Australian song, or perhaps used it to make up for all the crumby accents and remind the viewers that they're still in Australia and not some Hollywood backlot. Other points that have always niggled me are that it's never made clear what Dwight actually did in the war. His was a nuclear sub and therefore would've been nuclear armed. So - who did he shoot his missiles at? Also, nuclear extinction isn't just going to affect humans; it's going to wipe out almost all life on earth. Certainly all mammals and birds - even the aquatic kind will perish eventually. Yet - perhaps another symptom of human selfishness - this is never addressed. I might add that Neville Shute himself doesn't refer to these issues in the book...
Just finished the book and was looking for a review. I think your take is very much applicable to the book as well. One thing I only fully realized watching your review is the "suicidal" theme behind the car racing depicted in the book.
I'm glad you enjoyed my review. I've never read the book myself, but I imagine it would be interesting to see what changes they made for the film adaptation. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
I watched On the Beach last night. Waltzing Matilda is a great and beautiful song, but right now I don't care if I don't hear it again for a few years.
How poetic this film is about our current predicament, CC. We march to the inevitable end blinded by stupidity!
Really good review which lve revisited a few times. Reminds me that l was working in Sheffield UK literally yards from where they were filming the fire storm scenes from Threads....makes it real, just as Melbourne did for you
When you watch it doesn't matter; this is one of the most depressing films ever made - almost as much as the book. What is eerie about the film, however, is how mostly everyone is SO BLOODY CALM about the approaching end. No one's freaking out, no one goes on a crime spree, no one's done any kind of preparation for long-term shelters until the radiation dies down, etc. With the possible exception of the Grand Prix, it's "Oh - the radiation's coming? How sad. Well, give me my suicide pill and let me try to drink up what's left of the port. (Stupid of the wine committee to put away so much...)"
This movie should be released on DVD on a double bill
with the documentary-fiction "The War Game"(1966) by Peter Watkins.
The b-w images are unbearable, even today when we have become so cynical with gore in color.
The film is very close to the book.
I actually haven't read the book. I was pleased to see that in Frankston, where some of the story was filmed, there is now a "Shute Drive" and even a "Kramer Drive" to commemorate both parties.
In 1971 appeared a very unusual thriller by Edwin Corley "The JESUS Factor".
The plot is about the non-working of the atomic explosive when used as bomb or a
missile in motion through space, because of what engineers & technicians call "THE JESUS Factor".
It works only as a static bomb at the testing ground.
The story is ingenious even if its credibility is stretched somewhat.
However what stays with the reader is this reference by the author :
``When you have designed and built
``the best missile the human mind can devise,
``installed a complete back-up system,
``run every detail through the computers
``a dozen times getting a Go readout every time ;
``and you put your bird on the pad and press the button
``and the damned thing doesn't work ------ then, my friend,
``you have met the Jesus Factor.``
------Traditional missile lore,
passed down from engineer to engineer.
This movie is like a terminally ill patient
who has nothing left but his dignity.
That he keeps to the ultimate end, without ever giving in to despair.
Eerily, Nevil Shute wrote this novel in 1957,
the same year the Windscale atomic accident broke out in Britain.
Hi Charles - thanks so much for subscribing and for your great comments. This movie really does have a unique atmosphere. It really is doom-laden in a way that few other films are...
@@TengyTalksTVMovies
When asked which horror novel scared
me the most, I can't think of any other
than "On The Beach".
Aha Gardner was quoted as saying that filming in Melbourne was like being at end of the word.
this reminds me of Ladybug Ladybug (1963) another worthwhile suspenseful and depressing drama about the threat of nuclear warfare, quite effective, I think you'd enjoy it :)
More relevant today more so than ever
Sadly, yes... :(
A good review (apart from the references to the recent situation, which bears little comparison in gravity).
I finished reading the book again last night and would love to see the film again, with its superb cast, despite some inevitable Hollywood changes in the story.
Thanks.
Thanks, Ant. I mentioned the pandemic because it was very much happening as I recorded this, and watching this very confronting film during a distressing global situation is maybe not for everyone. Also because the footage I was seeing on the nightly news at the time echoed the end scenes of the film *so* exactly - filmed on the very same deserted streets. But I agree, a pandemic isn't the same as global nuclear Armageddon.
I'm sure it would be interesting to see the film after reading the book. I hope it lives up to your expectations.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies
I saw it on TV years ago and I've found a trailer and several scenes here.
There are certainly changes (as always in Hollywood) e.g. the love story is very muted, less passionate in the book, by mutual consent, because he wants to believe his family is still alive and curiously, his plan is to _scuttle_ his boat, not to return to USA.
They'll all meet again, "don't know where, don't know when".
If you find the trailer on YT, you'll see it was premiered in 6 countries simultaneously, perhaps as a warning to mankind, in the middle of the Cold War.
I hope they're watching it in Moscow and Kiev!
I read the book as a young teen and it scared the pants off me. I've since read that Shute wasn't very accurate on some of his details, but the reality would have been a damn sight grimmer.
I've seen the film, but all I can remember is Fred Astaire in his car. Maybe I blocked the rest out.
I completely understand blocking this out - it is pretty upsetting to watch - the Fred Astaire part especially :'(
But an incredible film. I believe there is now a Nevil Shute Drive and a Stanley Kramer Drive in Frankston, where parts of the movie were filmed.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies - wow, those street names are well deserved.
It must be decades ago that I saw the film; on TV, so I don't know how much was cut for "family viewing".
After I'd read the book, I remember thinking that politicians should be made to read it, then maybe they'd be a bit more careful. But probably not: as usual, the ones that most need to do something are the ones that won't bother.
I was 12 at the movie premiere across the world.
I read in disbelief the detailed plot outline in an international news magazine,
and thought
"That's not possible, they wouldn't dare to let mankind end like that !"
Turned out they did.
I never dared to watch the movie until 2002 on DVD.
In 1965, Peter Watkins made the documentary-fiction ''The War Game'' for the BBC.
It was so realistic - people cried openly during projection - that the BBC banned it.
@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy wow. Is there any other species so intent on finding ways of destroying itself as humankind is? It's all so needless. As a species we could, and should, do so much better to improve the world, not obliterate it. 😔
Good movie 😎
I notice that no RUclips movie viewer has reacted to "On The Beach" (1959). Imagine that, a tale about "trying to face Death with Courage" has kept Hipsters far away from this Black-and-White movie for decades. Oh well, there's always the full color 2000 version, but that one has also been avoided. I guess they'd rather frolic on "The Beach" (2000), instead.
delightful summation, I'll definitely check this out❤
God bless you for mentioning the overuse of "Waltzing Matilda". I consider this a great movie, but grit my teeth every time the song starts up again.
lol! same! :D A bit more variation in the score would have been welcome.
Cool Movie Number two. I am listing these for my Dad & my aunts they just love these movies and your take helps me decide if it is worth adding. My dad cut the Cable Cord and I have been doing some of their way back when titles as they have forgotten some of these however they collectively know more than I will ever understand or remember HE HE:) Well I will check it out tomorrow Thanks Again
My pleasure! I hope they don't find it too upsetting. But it is a powerful and important film.
Gosh this sound both amazing and awful to watch! Thank you for these really in depth reviews and bringing other brilliant films to our attention!
Excellent review.
Saw this picture many years ago, but I don't think I liked it much. I remember it being very talky for a sci-fi apocalyptic film. After watching your reaction/review, Tengy, I'll have to give it another shot. However, there are a couple of other post-apocalyptic movies from the 1950's and one from the 1960's I will recommend. "Five" from 1951, "The World, The Flesh and The Devil" from 1959 and "Panic in the Year Zero" from 1962.
Thanks Bob, those sound really interesting. Do you On The Beach another shot - when you're in the mood. It is so powerful and moving.
CAN'T SAY i disagree with anything you say here (including the questionable overuse of Waltzing Matilda, mostly in the one scene you mention). Very powerful evocation of "the end" of our end of things on this planet (and presumably so most of the animal life---they spared us having to watch the slow death of pets and wild animals, all innocent bystanders to humanity's stupidity.)
I had friends from the former Soviet Union who also expressed how impactful this film was when shown in Russia.
Another hard look at the horrors of a World War 3 is, of course, THREADS. HIGHLY recommended, but it is even harder hitting on a purely visceral level than ON THE BEACH.
Tengy Talks TV & Movies,
have you done a review of the trilogy "Back To The Future" ?
It has stayed with me much deeper than its contemporary the Indiana Jones trilogy.
I haven't, Charles. You know I haven't seen any of those movies since they came out! And I don't know if I ever saw any except the first one. If I get a chance to see them I will consider it :)
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BTTF is a story with moral lessons
in the spiritual development of the
2 main characters.
If you miss Indiana Jones, you don't miss much.
But BTTF is a must.
So when you review it, I 'll tune in !
Thank you for replying.
Un gran comentario de la película On The Beach 1959 de Stanley Kramer.
Película titulada en España La hora final.
Gran drama futurista con un reparto de auténtico lujo.
Grandes actuaciones de Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins y Fred Astaire.
Creo que es una película que vale la pena verla es de gran calidad.
Yes it is certainly a movie of great quality, and such an amazing cast.
I want to see all of Perkins movies but I don't know if I can handle this one. Gives me anxiety just thinking of it.
I find it sad to think that this movie is a possible reality the world will face as the chance of nuclear increases again. I remember this movie as a kid, and then the cold war ended and everything was wonderful again. Now it is back.
125!
yay! :)
The hospital is Queen Victoria Hospital my Mum was training to be a nurse at the time looking out the window to watch the filming at the time
Wow, that's very cool! I think about that scene every time I am near the facade of the old hospital.
@@TengyTalksTVMovies it's one of them movies that everyone should see even now more than ever