No clue how I missed this in my period where I was watching every post-apocalyptic film I could get my hands on, but here it is, one of the first versions of the story that I\’ve run into. Released in 1960, it\’s a full 25 years before \”The Quiet Earth\” which has the same conceit of \”what happens when you\’re the last person on earth, find out there\’s a woman, then find out there\’s another man?\” The details are all different, but I believe this is the earliest example of this type of story.
It\’s not bad either, Betsy Jones-Moreland is downright captivating as the \’kept\’ woman of a super rich guy always in trouble with the local politicians and the dynamic between the two male leads is believable and entertaining.