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.
Ray Milland
as Harry Baldwin
Jean Hagen
as Ann Baldwin
Frankie Avalon
as Rick Baldwin
Mary Mitchel
as Karen Baldwin
Joan Freeman
as Marilyn Hayes
Richard Bakalyan
as Carl
Rex Holman
as Mickey
Richard Garland
as Ed Johnson
Willis Bouchey
as Dr. Powell Strong
Neil Burstyn
as Andy
O.Z. Whitehead
as Hogan
Russ Bender
as Harkness