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📊 Film Specifications

Director Stanley Kramer

Writer John Paxton (Screenplay), Nevil Shute (Novel)

Release Date December 17, 1959

Runtime 134 min (2h 14m)

Country United States of America

Language EN

Budget $2,900,000

Box Office $2,200,000

Studios Stanley Kramer Productions

On the Beach (1959)

Name: On the Beach
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Romance
Released: 1959-12-17
Rating: 3.4

Directed by Stanley Kramer

• Written by John Paxton , Nevil Shute

"The Biggest Story of Our Time!"

⭐ 3.4 / 5 (260 votes) ⏱️ 134 min 🎬 Science Fiction, Drama, Romance

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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

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METASCORE Top Critics

6.7 / 10

TMDB (260)

Ratings Breakdown:

260 TMDB votes

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Synopsis

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?