No Blade of Grass (1970)

Directed by

Cornel Wilde

Genre

science fiction film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, apocalyptic film, dystopian film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A global famine causes food riots and chaos in London. A man tries to lead his family to a remote valley in Westmorland where they might survive.

bleakgrimtenseslow-burnsuspensefulunsettlingdesperategritty

What happens

No Blade of Grass is a 1970 apocalyptic dystopian film directed and produced by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. It was adapted by Sean Forestal and Wilde (as Jefferson Pascal) from John Christopher's novel The Death of Grass (1956) and follows the survivors of a plague that has hit London in the not-too-distant future. When London is overwhelmed by food riots caused by a global famine, a man tries to lead his family to safety to a remote valley in Westmorland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Beyond Reason (1970)
• Maximum Shame (2010)
• The Beloved (1970)
• The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
• The Seed of Man (1969)
• Second Origin (2015)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Young Ones (2014)