Five

Five is a 1951 post-apocalyptic science fiction film produced, directed and written by Arch Oboler. The title refers to the number of survivors of an atomic bomb disaster that wipes out the rest of the human race. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, this film is the first to depict the aftermath of such a catastrophe. Roseanne Rogers (Susan Douglas Rubes) trudges from place to place looking for another living human being. A news... more

Five is a 1951 post-apocalyptic science fiction film produced, directed and written by Arch Oboler. The title refers to the number of survivors of an atomic bomb disaster that wipes out the rest of the human race. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, this film is the first to depict the aftermath of such a catastrophe. Roseanne Rogers (Susan Douglas Rubes) trudges from place to place looking for another living human being. A newspaper posted at a church reveals a scientist's warning that the detonation of a new type of atomic bomb may cause humanity's extinction. She eventually goes to her aunt's isolated hillside house and faints when she finds Michael (William Phipps) living there. At first too numbed by the scope of the disaster to speak, she slowly recovers. She strongly resists Michael's attempt to get more intimate with her, revealing that she is married and pregnant. Then two more survivors turn up, attracted by the smoke from their fire. Oliver P. Barnstaple ... less