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The World, the Flesh and the Devil

Cast

Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer View All

Crew

Ranald MacDougall (Screenplay), Ranald MacDougall (Director), M.P. Shiel (Story) View All

Release: May 1st, 1959

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson...

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Citizen Rules
Belafonte emerges to find he's in a new world, void of people, but will the demons of the old world follow him.

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Rockatansky
Belafonte eventually starts accepting his new reality, finding ways to amuse himself like befriending two mannequins, one male, one female (he does not however give the female a fake mustache and the male lipstick, nor does he make them kiss; his intentions are more dignified).