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No Blade of Grass (1970)
Directed by Cornel Wilde
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 96 minutes
Actors
Nigel Davenport | Jean Wallace | John Hamill | Lynne Frederick | Patrick Holt | Ruth Kettlewell | M.J. Mathews | Michael Percival | Tex Fuller | Simon Merrick | Anthony Sharp | George Coulouris | Anthony May | Wendy Richard | Max Hartnell | John Lewis | Norman Atkyns | Nigel Rathbone | Christopher Lofthouse | John Avison | Jimmy Winston | Richard Penny | R.C. Driscoll | Geoffrey Hooper | Christopher Wilson | William Duffy | Mervyn Patrick | Denise Mockler | Ross Allan | Karen Terry | Joan Ward | Brian Crabtree | Susan Sydney | Michael Landy | Louise Kay | Bruce Myers | Margaret Chapman | Christopher Neame | Bridget Brice | Reg Staniford | Maureen Rutter | Derek Keller | Suzanne Pinkstone | Surgit Sood | Dick Offord | Joanna Annin | John Buckley | Malcolm Toes
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/08/2012 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
The final movie in our Warner Archive Movie Night, and boy did we end on a truly awful note. Given that this was directed by Cornel Wilde, who also directed the slightly less terrible, but much less intentionally funny Beach Red, I should have known better.
The description on the Warner Archive site drew me in though. Besides, I’m a sucker for ‘70s era apocalyptic sci-fi stuff (such as Omega Man) so I figured this would be up my alley.
Words cannot describe how terrible this movie is. On the other hand, it’s so bad it’s great, mainly because of all the unintentionally hilarious bits of dialogue and the nonsensical scenes that pop up one after another. If I hadn’t had previous experience with Cornel Wilde’s shitty directing, I’d think it was done on purpose, but I know better.
This movie deserves to be rated 2/10 stars if taken seriously, but I gave it 6/10 for the entertainment value. This is a movie you inflict on other people just so you can hear them go ‘WTF?!’
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