该片是由Arch,Oboler执导的科幻片,于1951年上映，主要讲述了:Post-nuclear-w.ar dramas centerin.g on a small. group of survivors n.ow constitute a.n entire genre in .science-fiction films. All .of them, .in some w.ay or another, .can be tr.aced back to this .seminal film from .1951 in which five. people deal with the po.ssibility. they are th.e only human. beings left alive on. the planet.　　Whil.e most of th.e later movies exploi.ted this possib.ility for B-movie .thrills, Five adopts a quie.t, contem.plative t.one which some .may find .dull but which tho.ughtful viewers ar.e more likely to f.ind, for want of a bette.r word, h.aunting. The.re is someth.ing about this movie .which gets under t.he skin and .which lurks in the co.rners of the mi.nd long after it's. over.