--- title: 'On the Beach (1959)' type: 'film' director: 'Stanley Kramer' released: '1959-01-01' runtime_minutes: 129 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'Australia' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-the-beach-1959' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # On the Beach (1959) 1959 · 129 min · Drama, Science Fiction · Australia, United States ## Synopsis On the Beach is a 1959 American apocalyptic science fiction drama film, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, it is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same title depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war, which attributes global annihilation to fear, compounded by accident or misjudgment. The film received mixed reviews from critics. ## Credits - **Director:** [Stanley Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kramer) - **Producer:** [Stanley Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kramer) - **Screenplay:** [John Paxton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-paxton), [Nevil Shute](https://cinepixo.com/people/nevil-shute) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ernest Gold](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-gold) - **Director of Photography:** [Daniel L. Fapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-l-fapp), [Giuseppe Rotunno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-rotunno) - **Editor:** [Frederic Knudtson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-knudtson) ## Cast - [Ava Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-gardner) - [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire) - [Anthony Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-perkins) - [John Meillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meillon) - [Gregory Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-peck) - [John Tate](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-tate) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-the-beach-1959 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1469774); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.