Trapped for several months in a collapsed mine in Pennsylvania, Ralph emerges to find a deserted world. Adapted from M.P. Shiel’s sci-fi novel,The Purple Cloud, and made during the Cold War, World was the first in a series of classic 1960s films to follow. The strange poetry of a deserted New York and Harry Belafonte on the guitar still impress today.
Country: USA
Year: 1959
Duration: 1hr 35
Version: English, with French subtitles
Director: Ronald MacDougall
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer