A family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City.
Acting
Matthau's pre-comedy dramatic chops surprise
Direction
Nelson squeezes apocalypse into TV budget
Production
Minimalist dread with stock footage genius
Director
Ralph Nelson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for TV's 'Motorola TV Hour' during peak Cold War paranoia, this aired same year as Oppenheimer's security clearance hearing.
Ralph Nelson later directed 'Lilies of the Field' — from nuclear family collapse to Sidney Poitier's Oscar, quite the range.
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