The World, the Flesh and the Devil

About The World, the Flesh and the Devil

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust.

Ranald MacDougall's The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 romance science fiction film. It runs 95 minutes and was released in May 1959.

The film is filed under post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, nuclear war, and nuclear holocaust.

Harry Belafonte appears as Ralph Burton, Inger Stevens as Sarah Crandall, and Mel Ferrer as Benson Thacker. The screenplay is by Ranald MacDougall.

Z for Zachariah, Passing, and Raging Bull make useful companions to The World, the Flesh and the Devil, all filed under jealousy and love triangle. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 86 votes and it carries a NR rating.