The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Name: The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Uploaded: 2026-09-01
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Description: A plague has turned everyone into slow, sun-fearing undead, and one immune scientist spends his days burning bodies and staking sleepers, his nights barricaded while they claw at the walls calling his name. Then he meets a woman who seems alive. The first film of Matheson's *I Am Legend*.

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1964 · 1h 27m · Sci-Fi

Directed by Ubaldo Ragona

public domain

US public domain — an American International release whose copyright was not renewed; widely distributed as public domain, though its Italian co-production origin is worth a rights check.

A plague has turned everyone into slow, sun-fearing undead, and one immune scientist spends his days burning bodies and staking sleepers, his nights barricaded while they claw at the walls calling his name. Then he meets a woman who seems alive. The first film of Matheson's *I Am Legend*.

The template for Night of the Living Dead four years early: one man, a boarded house, and the dead who used to be neighbours.

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