Written by Julian Johnson, Donald W. Lee, and Doris Anderson, based on the 1927 novel Doomsday by Warwick Deeping, the film is about a woman who marries a wealthy landowner to escape her life of poverty, leaving behind the handsome farmer she truly loves.

Produced by Jesse L. Lasky, Rowland V. Lee, Hector Turnbull, and Adolph Zukor for Paramount Pictures, Doomsday was released on February 18, 1928 in the United States.

Mary is attracted to another tenant at Doomsday, Arnold Furze (Gary Cooper), a young ex-officer and farmer who works the land with pride as if it were his own.

In his review for the New York Times, Mordaunt Hall wrote that despite the "praiseworthy acting" of Florence Vidor, Gary Cooper and Lawrence Grant, the film was "somewhat lethargic, ineffectual and shallow" and "sadly lacking in dramatic tension".

Only a few instances does Rowland V. Lee, the director, succeed in giving through his animated images a clear conception of the action; he relies invariably on the sub-titles to explain matters instead of using his camera.