Comments on: What early to mid 70s (probably made for TV) sci-fi movie am I half-remembering?

Question: What early to mid 70s (probably made for TV) sci-fi movie am I half-remembering?

kimota — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:35:56 -0800

What early to mid 70s (probably made for TV) sci-fi movie am I half-remembering?

Any combination of these half-remembered details could be wrong, but I recall seeing part of what I suspect was a made for TV Sci-fi movie around 1974-1976 where most of the human race has died off I'm guessing from nuclear war, but our protagonists were in a cave or something and survived. The leader of the group of survivors reminded me of a Leslie Nielsen/George Peppard type (but probably played non-campily). I think most of the characters might have worn white jumpsuits. The parts I think I remember more clearly: the dead had been turned to piles of ashes, and I think there was at least one attack by hostile dogs.

Looking at Nielsen's work in the IMDB, it might've been a segment from "The Evil Touch," but if so, which one? And in regards to Peppard, I saw "Damnation Alley," a few years back, and it didn't ring any bells at the time.

By: THAT William Mize

THAT William Mize — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:43:27 -0800

Was it Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II?

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:49:23 -0800

Or, from slightly later, The Night of the Comet.

By: LinnTate

LinnTate — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:49:48 -0800

Where Have All the People Gone

By: dgeiser13

dgeiser13 — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 06:20:34 -0800

A Boy and His Dog (1975)

By: randomkeystrike

randomkeystrike — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 06:28:39 -0800

Parts of it sound like the original Andromeda Strain movie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(film)

ESP the white jumpsuits

By: dgeiser13

dgeiser13 — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 06:43:07 -0800

> ESP the white jumpsuits

Yes, I think the OP may be overlapping some elements from different movies/TV shows.

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:04:22 -0800

Agreed--I thought of the Andromeda Strain first, too--both the jumpsuits and the desiccated blood (as a stand-in for the dead being piles of ashes, though that's a central feature of Night of the Comet).

By: kimota

kimota — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:03:02 -0800

I strongly suspect it's "Where Have All The People Gone." I'm trying to confirm. Thanks!

By: Gridlock Joe

Gridlock Joe — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:05:23 -0800

It was definitely Where Have All the People Gone?. It starred Peter Graves. I don't remember white jumpsuits, but people were turned to ash by solar flares.

It's on DVD (UPC 741914-030164) in a double-feature with Embryo.

By: kimota

kimota — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:07:34 -0800

Yes! That's it! Thanks again!

I was six and a half when this was on! Another decades-long quest completed with the power of ask.MeFi!

By: One Hand Slowclapping

One Hand Slowclapping — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:50:49 -0800

It's on youtube, if that's your bag.