On the Beach (1959 film)

"The trouble with you is you want a simple answer. There isn't any. The war started when people accepted the idiotic principle that peace could be maintained — by arranging to defend themselves with weapons they couldn't possibly use — without committing suicide. Everybody had an atomic bomb, and counter-bombs, and counter-counter bombs. The devices outgrew us; we couldn't control them. I know, I helped build them. God, help me. Somewhere, some poor bloke probably looked at a radar screen and thought he saw something. He knew that if he hesitated one-thousands of a second — his own country would be wiped off the map. So, So, he pushed a button - and the world went — crazy. And, and..."

"I shouldn't drink, you know. I inevitably say something brilliant."

"Who would ever have believed that human beings would be stupid enough to blow themselves off the face of the Earth?"

"In the end, somehow granted the time for examination, we shall find that our so called civilization was gloriously destroyed by a handful of vacuum tubes and transistors. Probably faulty."

"There isn't time. No time to love... nothing to remember... nothing worth remembering."

"I wouldn't really mind... if you could forget entirely who I am... I don't like myself very much anyway."

"The Biggest Story Of our Time!"

"IF YOU Never See Another Motion Picture In Your Life You Must See ON THE BEACH"

"Gregory Peck - Commander Dwight Lionel Towers"

"Ava Gardner - Moira Davidson"

"Fred Astaire - Julian Osborn"

"Anthony Perkins - Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes"

"Donna Anderson - Mary Holmes"

"John Tate as Admiral Bridie"

"Harp McGuire - Lieutenant Sunderstrom"

"Lola Brooks - Lieutenant Hosgood, Bridie's secretary"

"Ken Wayne - Lieutenant Benson"

"Guy Doleman - Lieutenant Commander Farrel"

"Richard Meikle - Davis"

"John Meillon - Sawfish crewman Ralph Swain"

"Joe McCormick - Ackerman, radiation sickness victim"

"Lou Vernon - Bill Davidson"

"Kevin Brennan - Dr. King"

"Keith Eden as Dr. Fletcher"

"Basil Buller-Murphy - Sir Douglas Froude"

"Brian James - Royal Australian Navy officer"

"John Casson - Salvation Army captain"

"Paddy Moran - Stevens (club wine steward)"

"Grant Taylor - Morgan"