May 29th  
The Last Man on Earth*                       
(Ita 1963)                                 
Associated Producers Inc./Produzioni la Regina. 86m. Totalscope

A lone immune survivor of a global deadly plague roams the streets of Rome fighting off vampire-like zombies, including those of his late wife and former colleagues.
Gloomy parable with an apposite theme, the first of various versions of Richard Matheson's story "I Am Legend" (also later made as The Omega Man with Charlton Heston), made originally at a time when this sort of apocalyptic drama was in vogue after the Cuban missile crisis.

Written by: William F. Leicester, Logan Swanson (Richard Matheson, from his novel).
Producer: Robert L. Lippert.
Directors: Sidney Salkov, Ubaddo B. Ragona.
Starring: Vincent Price, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Emma Danieli, Franca Bettoia, Umberto Rau.
Photography: Franco Delli Colli.
Music: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter.