The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)
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| Directed by |
Ubaldo Ragona Sidney Salkow |
| Produced by |
Robert L. Lippert Samuel Z. Arkoff Harold E. Knox |
| Written by |
Furio M. Monetti Ubaldo Ragona William Leicester Richard Matheson (as Logan Swanson) |
| Based on |
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson |
| Starring |
Vincent Price Franca Bettoia Emma Danieli Giacomo Rossi-Stuart |
| Music by |
Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli |
| Edited by |
Gene Ruggiero Franca Silvi |
| Distributed by |
American International Pictures (US) 20th Century Fox (international) |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States Italy |
| Language | English |
The Last Man on Earth (Italian: L'ultimo uomo della Terra) is a 1964 Italian-American science-fiction horror film based on the 1954 Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and stars Vincent Price. The script was written in part by Matheson, but he was dissatisfied with the result and chose to be credited as "Logan Swanson". William Leicester, Furio M. Monetti, and Ubaldo Ragona were the other writers.
It was filmed in Rome, Italy, with some location shots taken at Esposizione Universale Roma. It was released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures and the UK in 1966. In the 1980s, the film fell into the public domain.MGM Home Video, the current owners of the AIP film catalog, released a digitally remastered widescreen print on DVD in September 2005.
In the year 1968, every day is the same for Dr. Robert Morgan (Price): he wakes up, gathers his weapons, and then goes hunting for vampires. Morgan lives in a world where everyone else has been infected by a plague that has turned them into undead, vampiric creatures that cannot stand sunlight, fear mirrors, and are repelled by garlic. They would kill Morgan if they could, but fortunately, they are weak and unintelligent. At night, Morgan locks himself inside his house; during the day, he kills as many vampires as he can, burning the bodies.
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