"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."

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

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

"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..."

"Harp McGuire - Lieutenant Sunderstrom"

"John Tate as Admiral Bridie"

"Donna Anderson - Mary Holmes"

"Anthony Perkins - Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes"

"Fred Astaire - Julian Osborn"

"Ava Gardner - Moira Davidson"

"Gregory Peck - Commander Dwight Lionel Towers"

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

"The Biggest Story Of our Time!"

"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"

"William Smith - Colonel Strelnikov"

"Harry Dean Stanton - Tom Eckert"

"Ben Johnson - Mr. Jack Mason"

"Powers Boothe - Lt. Col. Andrew "Andy" Tanner, USAF"

"Doug Toby - Arturo "Aardvark" Mondragon"