Written by James M. Tate / 9/29/2024 / No comments / cult , disaster , fifties , fred f. sears , kathryn grant , melodrama , race against time , william leslie
KATHRYN GRANT 'THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED' WILLIAM LESLIE
Year: 1957 Rating: ** |
There's a scene in otherwise underrated b-movie director Fred F. Sear's 1950's science-fiction disaster flick THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED where lovely actress Kathryn Grant (who he had directed in the film noir biopic CELL 2455 DEATH ROW), soon to be known as Kathryn Crosby after marrying legendary WHITE CHRISTMAS crooner Bing Crosby, is beautifully pouting with her insanely-gorgeous full lips...
Actually, despite being surprisingly first-billed, that's pretty much every scene she's in in this early "we're to blame for the earth's inevitable demise" melodrama, with only a few exterior shots of archive footage and where most of the time's spent in a clean office or grungy tunnel while blandly-handsome scientist William Leslie's being constantly... pouted at by that gorgeous assistant who silently adores (and is burdened with the desire to connect with) him... only there got an entire WORLD to save and enough lectures to make EXPLODED more drowsy motion than the supposed action built into a misleading title that's (other than Kathryn) the best thing going.
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant and William Leslie in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant and William Leslie in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant and William Leslie in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant and William Leslie in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant and William Leslie in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant and William Leslie in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
Kathryn Grant in THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED |
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