Day the World Ended

Day the World Ended
film poster by Albert Kallis
Directed by	Roger Corman
Produced by	Roger Corman Alex Gordon
Written by	Lou Rusoff
Narrated by	Chet Huntley
Starring	Richard Denning Lori Nelson Adele Jergens Mike Connors
Music by	Ronald Stein
Cinematography	Jockey Arthur Feindel (as Jock Feindel)
Editing by	Ronald Sinclair
Distributed by	American Releasing Corporation (ARC)
Release date(s)	1955
Running time	79 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Day the World Ended (1955) was the fourth film directed by Roger Corman. Rick (Richard Denning) is a heroic scientist who, among others, must face off against a mutant monster (Paul Blaisdell) after an atomic war destroys human civilization. Chet Huntley of NBC, later of The Huntley-Brinkley Report, narrates.

The film is referred to in a 2001 horror film of the same title, The Day the World Ended. The film was remade in 1967 with the title In the Year 2889 with the dialogue repeated almost entirely verbatim.

Plot

The film starts at the years following an all-out atomic war.

Cast

• Richard Denning as Rick
• Lori Nelson as Louise Maddison
• Adele Jergens as Ruby
• Mike Connors as Tony Lamont (as Touch Connors)
• Paul Birch as Jim Maddison
• Raymond Hatton as Pete
• Paul Dubov as Radek
• Jonathan Haze as Contaminated Man
• Paul Blaisdell as Mutant
• Roger Corman as Nelson, Louise's Fiancee in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
• Chet Huntley as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

External links

• Day the World Ended at the Internet Movie Database
• Day the World Ended at the TCM Movie Database
• Day the World Ended at AllRovi