It's Great to Be Alive

Jul 8, 1933

1h 9m

★ 5.0

WHAT WOULD YOU DO If you were the LAST MAN ON EARTH?

Overview

An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Carlos Martin

Raul Roulien

Dorothy Wilton

Gloria Stuart

Dr. Prodwell

Edna May Oliver

Brooks

Herbert Mundin

Toots

Joan Marsh

Al Moran

Dorothy Burgess

Mrs. Wilton

Emma Dunn

Dr. Wilton

Edward Van Sloan

Perkins

Robert Greig

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