The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ranald MacDougall

Escritores:

M.P. Shiel (novel)
Ferdinand Reyher (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 mayo 1959 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

The Most Unusual Story Ever Told!

Plot:

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out...

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Post Apocalyptic | Disaster | Male Female Relationship | End Of The World

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

the first time i watched the world end

Reparto

Harry Belafonte	...	Ralph Burton
Inger Stevens	...	Sarah Crandall
Mel Ferrer	...	Benson Thacker

También conocida como:

The End of the World (USA) (working title)
Los últimos sobrevivientes (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

95 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Francés | Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo

Clasificación:

UK:A (1959) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

HarBel Productions

Trivialidades:

On the bookshelf behind the bed in which Ben Thacker is recovering, is a copy of "The Proud Land" by James Lee Bartlow. This is the book supposedly written by Bartlow, played by Dick Powell in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).

Errores:

Continuidad: The rifles carried by Ben and Ralph change. Ben is initially shown shooting at Ralph with a bolt action rifle. Later, he is armed with a Remington pump action. Ralph grabs a tube fed Winchester lever action from the sporting goods store, but when he throws his rifle down, it has changed into a Winchester 1895 with a box magazine.

Citas:

Benson Thacker: I have nothing against negroes, Ralph.
Ralph Burton: That's white of you.

Conexiones de Película:

Editado en Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

I DON'T LIKE IT HERE

the first time i watched the world end

When I was in the 3rd grade I stayed home from school one day sick with the flu and watched this on a local TV station and some scenes from it have stuck with me ever since; I will never forget the sight of Harry Belafonte eating dinner with Inger Stevens and then cleaning up by casually throwing the entire contents of the dinner table out the high rise apartment window and calculating that it would be YEARS before the pile of smashed crockery reached his window; who can explain the eerie fascination of empty cities? This film is one of the first to successfully pull off the effect, setting the standard for what followed: The Omega Man, The Day of The Triffids, 28 Days later and especially The Quiet Earth.

So, what does this film have to offer? Some good acting, great scenes of life in empty cities,and it also has a nice plea for racial tolerance, and the world could certainly benefit from more of THAT.