“On the Beach” by Nevil Shute. Signet D-1562 (Jan. 1960). Ninth printing. First movie tie-in editon. Cover art by Barye Phillips
“With four pages of scenes from the big motion picture starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins and introducing Donna Anderson, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, released thru United Artists.”
From the back cover:
ON THE BEACH. . . “To miss this book would be to miss one of the century’s greatest tales. . .” – Philip Wylie
ON THE BEACH is the story of a small community of men and women who have the courage and faith to love and work and live in the face of imminent death. . .
ON THE BEACH is reality just a push-button away. Read it now. . . when you can be sure it’s only fiction.
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A 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama from United Artists, based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike in the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war; the film hints that global annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment. [Source: Wikipedia]
“On the Beach” by Nevil Shute. Signet D-1562 (Jan. 1960). Ninth printing. First movie tie-in editon. Cover art by Barye Phillips
“With four pages of scenes from the big motion picture starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins and introducing Donna Anderson, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, released thru United Artists.”
From the back cover:
ON THE BEACH. . . “To miss this book would be to miss one of the century’s greatest tales. . .” – Philip Wylie
ON THE BEACH is the story of a small community of men and women who have the courage and faith to love and work and live in the face of imminent death. . .
ON THE BEACH is reality just a push-button away. Read it now. . . when you can be sure it’s only fiction.
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A 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama from United Artists, based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike in the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war; the film hints that global annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment. [Source: Wikipedia]