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63% Critic Match
Panic in Year Zero!
“An orgy of looting and lust!”
6.3 / 10• 1962• 1h 33m•NR• English
DramaScience FictionThriller
Storyline
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
Cast & Crew
Ray Milland
Harry Baldwin
Lead
Jean Hagen
Ann Baldwin
Frankie Avalon
Rick Baldwin
Mary Mitchel
Karen Baldwin
Joan Freeman
Marilyn Hayes
Richard Bakalyan
Carl
RH
Rex Holman
Mickey
Richard Garland
Ed Johnson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ray Milland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Panic in Year Zero! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
