Gas-s-s-s

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Gas-S-S-S
Directed by	Roger Corman
Produced by	Roger Corman
Written by	George Armitage
Starring	Robert Corff Elaine Giftos George Armitage Alex Wilson
Music by	Country Joe & the Fish Barry Melton
Cinematography	Ron Dexter
Editing by	George Van Noy
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	1971
Running time	79 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Gas-s-s-s (also known as Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It) was a 1971 motion picture produced and released by American International Pictures. It was producer Roger Corman's final film for AIP, before leaving to found his own New World Pictures. It was also his last film as director for eighteen years.

The movie is a post-apocalyptic dark comedy, about survivors of an accidental military gas leak, of an experimental agent that kills everyone on Earth over the age of twenty-five. (A cartoon title sequence shows a John Wayne-esque Army General announcing - and denouncing - the "accident"; the story picks up after the victims have died.)

The lead characters, Coel and Cilla, were played by Bob Corff and Elaine Giftos, and the cast also features Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort and Talia Shire in early roles. Country Joe McDonald makes an appearance, as spokesman "AM Radio".

Gas-s-s-s found a fresh airing on late night television in the 1980s, and was recently (2005) issued on DVD, as a twofer with Wild in the Streets, another AIP movie.