Day the World Ended

1955 PG-13 1h 19m

5.0 / 10 73

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After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.

Director Roger Corman

Writers

Lou Rusoff Lou Rusoff

Stars

Richard Denning Lori Nelson Paul Birch

Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)

Chet Huntley

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 8 Jul 2024

5/10

Former sailor and father, "Jim" (Paul Birch) and his daughter "Lori" (Louise Maddison) are all set to hunker down and sit out the aftermath of a nuclear attack when two folks arrive at their door. He is all for ignoring it - they have limited resources - but she's a bit of a reckless goody-goody and so admits "Tony" (Mike Connors) and his girlfriend "Ruby" (Adele Jergens). Turns out he's a bit of ...

talisencrw 5 Jul 2016

7/10

I really enjoyed this a lot more than I had anticipated. Early Corman films are great fun to watch, as he's just bursting with ideas and is filled with reckless abandon. The film would make an intriguing twin-bill with Vincent Price's 'Last Man on Earth' for a fine night's viewing of post-apocalyptic mayhem...