H01 - THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1956; 12/8/1955; NR; 82m) co-billed with THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES remade as IN THE YEAR 2889 (1968) Ad: "Violence and Terror to make your blood stand still!" Ad: "A new high in naked shrieking terror!" Ad: "Attacked by a Creature from Hell!" Plot: After nuclear devastation, an isolated handful of people try to cope with being possibly the last living non-mutant humans on earth. Presented by: Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson (both exec/ *309-The Amazing Colossal Man; 311-It Conquered the World; 313-Earth Vs. the Spider; 315-Teenage Caveman; 317-Viking Women; 319-War of the Colossal Beast; 701-Night of the Blood Beast; 806-The Undead; 807-Terror from the Year 5,000; 808-The She-Creature; 809-I Was A Teenage Werewolf; 912-The Screaming Skull) Exec: Alex Gordon (prod/808; sto/423-Bride of the Monster) Prod/Dir: Roger Corman (*311/ 315/ 317/ 806; 503-Swamp Diamonds; 511-Gunslinger) Scr: Lou Rusoff (311/808; Beach Party) Sto: Lou Rusoff (808; In the Year 2889) Cin: Jock Feindel (Bluebeard; Island Women) Ed: Ronald Sinclair (309/ 313/ 317/ 319/ 503/ 808) SFX: Paul Blaisdell (309/311/313/315/808; Not of This Earth) Cos: Gertrude Reade M/U: Steven Clensos (610-The Violent Years; Captive Women) PSup: Bart Carre (808; pmgr/503) Set: Harold Reif (808; 507-I Accuse My Parents; 520-Radar Secret Service; pdes/104-Women of the Prehistoric Planet; asst dir/511-Gunslinger) Prop Master: Karl Brainard (311/315/701/806/808) Sound: Jean L. Speak (High Noon; Superman's Peril) Score: Ronald Stein (311/511/806/808; 418-Attack of the Eye Creatures; 509-The Girl in Lovers Lane) Song: The S.F. Blues (instrumental by Pete Candoli) Rick / Richard Denning (113-The Black Scorpion; Creature from the Black Lagoon) Louise Maddison / Lori Nelson (112-Untamed Youth; 801-Revenge of the Creature; Hot Rod Girl) Ruby / Adele Jergens (*520; Girls in Prison) Tony Lamont / Touch a.k.a. Mike Connors (*503; TV's Mannix) Jim Maddison / Paul Birch (Not of This Earth; War of the Worlds) old Pete / Raymond Hatton (406S-Undersea Kingdom; Tall in the Saddle; 100+ others) Radek / Paul Dubov (808; Cyrano DeBergerac; Underworld USA) contaminated man / Jonathan Haze (311/315/*317/503/511; Little Shop of Horrors) Mutant a.ka. Louise's fiancee Tommy / Paul Blaisdell (311/806/808) and Diablo the Donkey Trivia: Near the beginning and again at the end of the movie, Louise holds a picture of herself and her pre-mutated fiancee, played by the costumed PAUL BLAISDELL (who nicknamed his monstrous creation Marty). If you look closely at the picture, you see LORI NELSON and director ROGER CORMAN! By the way, this was Corman's first sci-fi flick. Note: THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED was shown as the live, participatory MST3K--The Home Game. With BBI's permission and prior to the premiere of episode 801-REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, the Sci-Fi Channel aired this movie during which on-line MSTies could make funny comments, which appeared at the bottom of the TV screen. The Brains did not perform in this, nor were they directly involved. Last Updated: 3/28/1999 Welcome! | Author, Contributors, Disclaimer | Introduction | FAQs Movies by Year | Titles by Experiment # | Titles by Alphabetical Order Performers and Production Crew