The Last Man on Earth
About The Last Man on Earth
After a plague turns the rest of humanity into vampire-like creatures, Dr. Robert Morgan, played by Vincent Price, spends his days staking them and his nights boarded inside. Franca Bettoia is billed with him. The Italian title is L'ultimo uomo della Terra. Richard Matheson wrote part of the script from his 1954 novel I Am Legend and took the credit Logan Swanson because he disliked the result. Later films of the novel are The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007).
Cast & crew
More about The Last Man on Earth
Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow directed. Robert L. Lippert produced it. Franco Delli Colli photographed it in Rome. Paul Sawtell wrote the music. Gene Ruggiero edited it. The story is set in Los Angeles. American International Pictures released it in the United States. Wikidata lists 6 May 1964 and 22 July 1964 and times it at 86 minutes. It entered the public domain in the 1980s. Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, and Umberto Raho are billed. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Franco Delli Colli photographed the empty Roman streets used as the city.
Music
Paul Sawtell wrote the music.
Preservation
Public domain since the 1980s. Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Italy is the co-producing country. The sets are Rome standing in for Los Angeles.
- The Internet Archive identifier is TheLastManOnEarth_72.
- Price is the last man. Bettoia is the woman who changes the pattern.
Scenes
- Morgan leaves the boarded house in daylight and stakes the bodies.
Influenced by
- Richard Matheson's I Am Legend
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheLastManOnEarth_72)