This Nevil Shute novel depicts the coming annihilation of the human race after a nuclear war
[DOC] [TLE] On the Beach (1959 film) - Wikipedia [PAR] On the Beach is a 1959 American black-and-white post-apocalyptic science 
fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, 
starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins.