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On the Beach

1959

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On the Beach
United Artists

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Genre: Science FictionDramaRomance

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Runtime: 134 min/Age_16.png

Average vote: 6.6

Release date: 1959-12-16

Production Countries: US, AU

Director: Stanley Kramer

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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?

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