The Last Man on Earth (Italian title: L'Ultimo uomo della Terra) is a 1964 Italian horror/science fiction film based upon the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and starred Vincent Price. The script was written in part by Matheson, but he was dissatisfied with the result and was therefore credited as "Logan Swanson". William Leicester, Furio M. Monetti, and Ubaldo Ragona were the other writers. synopsis It was filmed in Rome, Italy, and was later released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures. It has since fallen into the public domain. Cast Vincent Price as Dr. Robert Morgan Franca Bettoia as Ruth Collins, an infected individual Emma Danieli as Virginia Morgan, the deceased wife of Robert Morgan Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Ben Cortman