The World, the Flesh and the Devil

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film post-apocalyptic film science fiction film

The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction film in which Gary Merrill co-stars alongside Harry Belafonte and Inger Stevens as survivors navigating a deserted, racially tense New York City.

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The World, the Flesh and the Devil canonical 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil_(1959_film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
post-apocalyptic film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Ferdinand Reyher ⓘ
M. P. Shiel ⓘ
basedOn End of the World ⓘ
The Purple Cloud ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harold J. Marzorati ⓘ
coStars Gary Merrill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ranald MacDougall ⓘ
distributor MGM ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
distributorRegion United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy John McSweeney Jr. ⓘ
featuresCharacter Benson Thacker ⓘ
Alan Baxter ⓘ
surface form: Ralph Burton

Sarah Crandall ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
post-apocalyptic ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasPosterCaption "World without men!" ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage The World, the Flesh and the Devil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil_(1959_film)
leadActorRole Harry Belafonte as Ralph Burton ⓘ
Inger Stevens as Sarah Crandall ⓘ
Mel Ferrer as Benson Thacker ⓘ
mpaaRating Approved ⓘ
musicBy Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
narrativeLocation deserted New York City ⓘ
narrativeTheme interracial tension ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
post-apocalyptic survival ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
notableFor early cinematic treatment of interracial tension in a post-apocalyptic context ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotDevice radioactive dust cloud catastrophe ⓘ
productionCompany HarBel Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1959-05-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenwriter Ranald MacDougall ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
starring Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Inger Stevens ⓘ
Mel Ferrer ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting near future ⓘ

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Gary Merrill → notableWork → The World, the Flesh and the Devil ⓘ
The World, the Flesh and the Devil → hasWikipediaPage → The World, the Flesh and the Devil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil_(1959_film)
George Englund → notableWork → The World, the Flesh and the Devil ⓘ
George Englund → directorOf → The World, the Flesh and the Devil ⓘ
George Englund → producerOf → The World, the Flesh and the Devil ⓘ