该电影由拉纳尔德·麦克杜格尔执导，哈里·贝拉方特、英格儿·斯蒂文斯、梅尔·费勒等主演，于1959年上映。在96分钟的叙事中，《世界，众生和恶魔》（又名：内详）Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city’s harbor. At this point the tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white and Burton, who is black.