During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-received. Once the war was over, Shute choose to move to Australia and focus on writing, soon becoming an internationally acclaimed novelist. His novel On The Beach, particularly hit a chord with the international community, depicting the impact of global nuclear destruction. This documentary studies Shute's career and the adaptation of his most famous novel into a feature film in Melbourne, as his predictions of a post-Hiroshima world seem to be foreboding in their accuracy.
Credits
Fallout Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Gregory Peck
He was 97, 87 years old when he died
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as Himself (archive footage) |
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Anthony Perkins
He was 81, 60 years old when he died
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as Himself (archive footage) |
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Ava Gardner
She was 90, 67 years old when she died
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as Herself (archive footage) |
Fallout Crew