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Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

 -  Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller  -  5 July 1962 (USA)
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A family of four leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before a nuclear bomb destroys the city. As lawlessness prevails, the father must fight to keep his family alive.

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Harry Baldwin
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Ann Baldwin
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Rick Baldwin
Mary Mitchel ...
Karen Baldwin
Joan Freeman ...
Marilyn Hayes
Richard Bakalyan ...
Carl
Rex Holman ...
Mickey
Richard Garland ...
Ed Johnson - Hardware Store Owner
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Dr. Powell Strong (as Willis Buchet)
Neil Nephew ...
Andy
O.Z. Whitehead ...
Hogan - Grocery Store Owner
Russ Bender ...
Harkness
Andrea Lane ...
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Scott Peters
Shary Marshall ...
Bobbie Johnson
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While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be first casualties. Not one to give up, he holds up a store for supplies and hides the family in a cave. Written by alfiehitchie

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The trailer used in the film was a 1962 Kenskill model 17 1/2, built in Sun Valley, California (in the San Fernando Valley). See more »

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When the Baldwins drive away from Johnson's store after taking the guns, klieg lights are visibly reflected on the windows of their trailer. See more »

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[first lines]
Ann Baldwin: Thanks for the help.
Harry Baldwin: Oh, I'm sorry, Ann... Sorry.
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Referenced in Matinee (1993) See more »

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Go into it expecting little, and you'll get a lot.
30 July 2000 | by (Oregon USA) – See all my reviews

American International pics are pretty consistent lesser-grade pleasures. If you have a taste for them, there is a vast library of reasonably entertaining AIP movies out there. And occasionally they even outdo themselves. Panic in Year Zero is one of those better than average movies. Working with a typically low AIP budget, Milland, as director, concentrated on getting really fine performances out of the actors and telling his post-atomic war story by focusing on one family trying to find safety in isolation. Overall, it worked well and makes this a film worth seeing.


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