Panic in Year Zero!

1962
Approved
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

4.9K

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Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland, Richard Bakalyan, Neil Burstyn, Joan Freeman, Jean Hagen, Rex Holman, and Mary Mitchel in Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

A family leaves L.A. for a camping trip - just before a nuclear bomb destroys the city. As the city descends into chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive.

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A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

4.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The Saddle Peak Lodge featured in the movie is an actual restaurant still open today. It is located in Calabasas, California, USA.

Goofs
In the scene where the bridge is pulled down, to the left you can see bushes and the bridge pilings being pulled quickly in the opposite direction.

Quotes
Dr. Powell Strong: Now, you stay on the back roads. And you keep your gun handy. Our country is still full of thieving, murdering patriots.

Crazy credits
Other than the title, all credits are at the end of the movie.

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Panic in the Year Zero (1969)

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8/10

A survival kit for those of us living in Los Angeles

Ray Milland as Harry Baldwin does all he can to keep his family safe from the harsh realities of Nuclear Warfare and mankind at its worst. Living in Los Angeles, this film gives us a pattern to survive such an attack if we are just as lucky as the Baldwin family because they are a safe distance from the heart of the city. People become "dogs" and will attack, steal and murder just to stay alive and that is the basis of the whole film "survival from people." Hiding in the mountains is really the only place for safety if one can find a cave like the Baldwins did. There are many scenes to remember but the one that always comes to my mind happens as the Baldwin's camper must find a way to pass a crowded highway and Mr. Baldwin's solution represents everything that he is trying to save his family from. What a contradiction from him. In this age of nuclear possibilities this film is a must see.