A film Corman shot in Puerto Rico (for tax reasons) on the back of Battle for Blood Island, of note for being written by Robert Towne, who for reasons of economy also acts (under the name of Edward Wain!) Betsy Jones-Moreland and Antony Carbone are the other two last people alive, who all end up squabbling and trying to kill each other. It's only OK, and the very faded pint combined with the 1960 decor make it strangely quaint.
Opens up at a live cock fight - only there's no cocks fighting. There are in the trailer so I'm assuming my print is cut, though I also read there are various versions as apparently Monte Hellman reworked the film for a longer TV screening.
It had quite a long shooting schedule for Corman - two weeks. He then had a week left and made the classic Creature from the Haunted Sea!
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