Where Have All the People Gone (1974) (TV)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

John Llewellyn Moxey

Writers:

Lewis John Carlino (screenplay)
Lewis John Carlino (story)

Release Date:

8 October 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects...

Plot Keywords:

Powder | Vacation | Solar Explosion | Fossil | Geiger Counter

Cast

Peter Graves	...	Steven Anders
Verna Bloom	...	Jenny
George O'Hanlon Jr.	...	David Anders
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Deborah Anders
Michael-James Wixted	...	Michael
Noble Willingham	...	Jim Clancy
Doug Chapin	...	Tom Clancy
Jay W. MacIntosh	...	Barbara Anders
Dan Barrows	...	Man with Gun
Ken Sansom	...	Jack McFadden

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metromedia Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: David took a 12 volt/6 cell battery out of the 1970s Chevrolet Blazer, and replaced it with a 6 volt/3 cell battery. A 6 volt system can usually be used with a 12 volt battery in an emergency, but not the opposite. Only vehicles made before the '60's use 6 volt electrical systems.

Quotes:

David Anders: [after checking the food in Clancy's house with the Geiger counter] Nothing, no radioactivity.
Steven Anders: I'll get Deb.
[goes outside]
Steven Anders: Debbie, we found some food.
Deborah Anders: Can we eat it?
Steven Anders: Yeah, it's ok.
[both go into kitchen and begin eating the food rapidly, along with David]
Deborah Anders: [after a minute] Hey, we're going to get sick.
David Anders: Hmm?
[all three begin to laugh loudly]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Night of the Comet (1984)

Still remember this movie!

Judging by the other user comments I'm not the only one who saw this movie only once and still can't forget it. I was probably about five when I saw this and I can still vividly recall scenes from the movie. (It seems like a lot of us who have commented on this movie saw it at an impressionable age; I wonder if that's why it has stayed with us all for so long?)

I would love to find this thing on tape or catch it on television some night. Bring back some of those wonderful willies that so easily came in the 70's thanks to movies like Chill Factor, Trilogy of Terror, Gargoyles and countless others.