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June 12th, 2004, 08:54 PM
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looking for a movie title
As a child in the early 70s, I started watching an old black-and-white movie on the local channel one evening, and my mother said it was too scary and made me turn it off. It was about a family driving in the desert when they got the announcement over the radio that there was a nuclear attack. You heard the air raid sirens in the background. The family continued driving around for a while, trying to find out more, at which point my mother intervened and I went to bed.
So of course this movie has haunted me for 30 years. I suspect that if I'd been able to watch the thing in its entirety I'd have forgotten about it.
I know what this movie ISN'T: It's not "Panic in the Year Zero," with Ray Milland and Frankie Avalon, because that was on TCM several months ago and I watched it. It did not have the scenes that I remember.
I just purchased a DVD of a 1962 film called "This is Not a Test" (which didn't have any actors I'd ever heard of). The synopsis of the film sounded like a possibility, but again, after I watched it, it wasn't what I was looking for.
So what DID I start to watch that night?
Mary
P.S. I know it wasn't an episode of Twilight Zone or Outer Limits, because I remember it being a movie.
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June 16th, 2004, 03:33 AM
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Possibilities?
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) black and white
On the Beach (1959) black and white
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June 16th, 2004, 02:37 PM
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Mary,
Could it be "Seven Days in May" ?
(I'm searching via Google and ran across this title. There's also some info about the movie:
http://www.destgulch.com/movies/7days/ )
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June 17th, 2004, 09:28 AM
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Rockit Science at cylon.org thought it sounded like a movie called "This is not a test"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183884/#comment
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June 17th, 2004, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jewels
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Nice try Jewels but...  
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Originally Posted by skippercollecto
I just purchased a DVD of a 1962 film called "This is Not a Test" (which didn't have any actors I'd ever heard of). The synopsis of the film sounded like a possibility, but again, after I watched it, it wasn't what I was looking for.
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June 17th, 2004, 11:38 AM
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out there somewhere
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June 19th, 2004, 09:12 AM
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thanks for your help
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. Two movies sound like possibilities: The Day the World Ended (1956) and Run for the Hills (1953). I will have to see if I can track them down to watch.
Mary
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June 19th, 2004, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by skippercollecto
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. Two movies sound like possibilities: The Day the World Ended (1956) and Run for the Hills (1953). I will have to see if I can track them down to watch.
Mary
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Mary -
You can take The Day the World Ended off of your list. I read the synopsis at IMDB.com and I know I've seen that one and it was even re-made in color in the late 60's as a TV film under title In the Year 2889 - none of the scenes you describe are in it and both versions were terrible to watch. I couldn't find that Run For the Hills was ever available on VHS or DVD, so it might be hard to find to take a look at it.
Best of luck on your hunt....!
Bryan
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