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No Blade of Grass is a 1970 apocalyptic dystopian film co-written, directed and produced by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. It is an adaptation of 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
Oct 23, 1970 · With Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick. An environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Cornel Wilde
- 1970-10-23
Cornel Wilde's grim, fatalistic end-of-the-world thriller No Blade of Grass is a forgotten dystopian classic of its time. Gritty and brutal, built on fears of ecological devastation through pollution and overcrowding (with hints of genetic manipulation gone bad), this 1970 eco-apocalypse thriller seems to have gotten lost in the overcrowded ...
- Cornel Wilde, John Stoneman
- Nigel Davenport
A Londoner (Nigel Davenport) leads his wife (Jean Wallace) and family through anarchy after a virus wipes out the world's crops.
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- Cornel Wilde
- R
- Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them. Cornel Wilde.
“A virus of doom envelops earth! No room to run! No place to hide! Maddened by fear, they turn against each other!”Theatrical trailer for NO BLADE OF GRASS (...
- 2 min
- 134
- Discape
Now available in a full, uncut edition, No Blade of Grass can at last be seen in all its grim, daring, gory glory. A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos.
