- DIRECTOR:
Ray Milland
- ACTORS:
Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel, Joan Freeman, Richard Bakalyan, Rex Holman, Neil Nephew, Richard Garland
- PLOT:
A family desperately tries to survive out in the country after Los Angeles is destroyed by a nuclear attack.
- EVALUATION:
A wonderfully dark look at humanity in crisis that neither praises nor condemns the violent actions of the family patriarch (Milland).
- WRITING:
Nothing special but surprisingly reminiscent of the monstrous teenager films of the 1950s.
- FILMING:
The black and white is essential in conveying the bleakness of postwar California, and the best shots are those of highways overflowing with desperate drivers.
- BEST PART:
In the ultimate "angry dad on a road trip" move, Ray Milland starts a gasoline fire on a highway to reduce traffic.
- TRIVIA:
Released as a double feature with Tales of Terror..
- STINGER:
Ray Milland yells "NO!" at either his wife or daughter.
