[Fot] On the Beach...

[Tom Householder]

on 3/30/08 11:37 AM, BillDentin at aol.com at BillDentin at aol.com wrote:

> Amici...
> 
> One of our local PBS TV Channels has been showing On The Beach these past few
> days.  Classic 1959 Hollywood take on Nevil Shute's post apocalyptic
> end-of-the-world all out nuclear war movie.  I was in the Navy then, and
> remember it 
> well.  Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, Tony Perkins, and a personal favorite...Ava
> Gardner.  I knew Fred Astaire was a 'hot shoe', but I thought it was for
> dancing.  No dancing here...he's into road racing stuff.  The open road race
> scenes 
> are great to watch (although, as usual, Hollywood has taken some artistic
> license).  There are some disturbing crashes, but lots of great cars from the
> period.
> 
> Bill Dentinger

Here are some sites that cover the race filming..

tom

http://home.san.rr.com/fsheff/pits5.htm

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_125839-Swallow-Doretti-1954.html