Last Woman on Earth

1960 "They fought for the Ultimate Prize!"
4.7| 1h11m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 05 August 1960 Released
Producted By: The Filmgroup
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest indictment. Harold invites him along on a boat trip during which all three try out some newly bought scuba diving equipment. When they resurface, they find out that the world has changed forever.

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Director

Roger Corman

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The Filmgroup

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Micitype Pretty Good
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
nitestar95 Seems like every sentence uttered begins with the other person's name. Real people don't speak like that. At least, no one I know does. So it sort of doesn't allow you to see the movie as real. Which is fine, as long as you don't mind that. But for me, it ruins the movie experience. That said, it is watchable, unlike many other horrible films. Good as a 'B' movie for your saturday matinee double feature. At only an hour long, you won't get sick of the crappy dialogue before it ends.
soulexpress Roger Corman's end-of-the-world scenario (set in Puerto Rico) begins with the main character, Harold Gern (Anthony Carbone), betting on a cock fight. His wife Evelyn (Betsy Jones Moreland) and their attorney Martin Joyce (Edward Wain) are present as well, but find the whole thing revolting. Since Corman filmed an actual cock fight instead of simulating one, I fully agree.The three go SCUBA diving, only to resurface and find everyone else on the island dead of asphyxiation. They immediately conclude that while they were underwater, the Earth's oxygen supply temporarily disappeared, killing off the entire human race. That's right, folks. It never occurs to Harold, Evelyn, or Martin that any of the planet's three billion people might still be alive. So they move to a house on a remote part of the island, where they teach themselves basic survival skills. Things go relatively well until it becomes obvious that Ev and Martin are attracted to each other.Carbone plays Harold as a Trump-like real-estate magnate who doesn't care about the rules and will do anything it takes to come out on top. He delivers his lines in a low-key but menacing manner that says, "Don't even think about messing with me." Martin is Yang to Harold's Yin, a starry-eyed young man with no interest in climbing the ladder of success and who is more concerned about human welfare. Wain portrays the character as highly emotional and given to impulsiveness. Finally, Betsy Jones Moreland is gorgeous to look at, but her character is severely underdeveloped. Her Evelyn comes across as more of a plot device than a flesh-and-blood human being. But that was the screenplay's fault, not the actress'. The stars deliver competent performances. That's important as the film plays out mainly through dialogue, not all of which works. Martin, for example, came out with this line: "There's something in the air if you breathe it."To the movie's detriment, the sexual tension that is supposed to permeate each frame is very much undercooked. One example is a scene in which Harold wants to make love but Evelyn does not. He gets on top of her and intones, "You're my wife." The scene ends there, strongly implying spousal rape. Though it would have been highly unpleasant to watch, allowing the scene to continue might have made the film stronger. Of course, that couldn't have happened in 1960. It does, however, make me wonder how the scene would have played out a decade later, when sexual mores had loosened. (I'm thinking of the infamous "butter" scene from LAST TANGO IN Paris.)The script also makes attempts at Big Statements. For example, it takes a swipe at religion when, in a church, Martin tells Harold, "There are no more churches, no more gods." And once the men have fought to the death, the victor sadly proclaims, "I killed him. Will we ever learn?" Can't the human race just end without half-baked attempts at philosophy?Despite its flaws, this is one of the more palatable Corman vehicles. It's no ON THE BEACH, but it held my interest and (with a few exceptions) didn't make me angry. That's much more than I can say for a lot of Corman's films.Item: In a spirit true to this era, when Evelyn has trouble breathing, Harold gives her a cigarette.Item: A radio station keeps playing the same song. However, broadcast turntables do not have an "eject" feature that returns the needle to the start of a record.Item: As the three of them walk through the city, they spot a dead child in the street. The "child" is clearly a doll.Item: A fight breaks out between Harold and Martin while they're fishing in a boat. They end up in the water, which is barely at chest level. Why take a boat if you're only going ten feet from shore?Item: The vanishing and reappearance of the planet's oxygen supply is never explained.
kai ringler well it's the end of the world and this time Vincent Price isn't the last one standing,, this time it's about a woman... two guys are left.. one is the husband the other the lawyer. they all go scuba diving,, somewhere and when they come out of the water sooner or later they realize that their isn't anybody left.... anywhere they decide to head north after much arguing,, the woman falls for the other man because her husband isn't really treating her very well,, so the two head north and the husband eventually get's his trucked started and decides to follow,, he soon catches up, and well the battle is on to see who actually will end up with the woman in the end of the movie,, you will just have to watch and see for yourself. this isn't a bad movie by any means,, just slow and not much on the action,, and only the three characters for the whole movie,, I thought that there should have been more characters in the movie to help move it along.
Uriah43 While vacationing in Puerto Rico "Harold Gern" (Antony Carbone), his wife "Evelyn Gern" (Betsy Jones-Moreland) and his lawyer "Martin Joyce" (Robert Towne) all decide to go scuba diving. While they are under water a strange phenomenon occurs which takes up all of the oxygen from the earth resulting in the death of all living animals. Fortunately, the oxygen in their tanks suffices until the atmosphere stabilizes. It's at this point that they realize that they are the only people remaining. Two men and one woman. At any rate, rather than spoil the movie by revealing what happens next I will just say that this wasn't a bad film for its time. The acting was adequate but nothing above and beyond that. And while I didn't especially care for the ending I still give the director (Roger Corman) credit for being able to put out a decent film in spite of the low budget allowed. Accordingly, I rate this movie as about average.