It was obviously cheap, but it was beautiful, in color, beautifully lit. The cinematographer and make-up artist were major figures in their fields but on their last legs in Hollywood. A beautiful wide-screen color movie full of static shots. Rather stagey and talky, but that's okay.
Most of mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear war. Radiation has rendered many of those left unable to reproduce and humanity's days are numbered. They're doing pretty well, though, being served by a race of humanoid robots.
But there's a violent, Proud Boy-like "conservative pressure group" targeting the robots. They wear Confederate Civil War caps. Their leader is outraged to find his sister cavorting with a robot.
It raises the issue people talk about now about the transporter in Star Trek. Does the transporter kill you when you're transported? The person that appears at the other end thinks it's you, but is it really?
Directed by Wesley Barry (1907-1994), a silent film child actor who later worked mainly as an assistant or 2nd unit director.
Dudley Manlove was the only actor I recognized. With Don Doolittle, Don Megowan, Erica Elliott, Frances McCann.
Available on Amazon Prime and Pub-D-Hub.
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