When Worlds Collide (1951)
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When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Movie Tagline:
Romance! Thrills! Adventure!
Title: When Worlds Collide
Release Date: August , 1951
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Sci-Fi
All Genres: Sci-Fi
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.7
Buried.com Rating: 7.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With W
MPAA Rating: G
Director(s):
Rudolph Mate
Cast:
Richard Derr ...David Randall
Barbara Rush ...Joyce Hendron
Peter Hansen ...Dr. Tony Drake
John Hoyt ...Sydney Stanton
Larry Keating ...Dr. Cole Hendron
Rachel Ames ...Julie Cummings (as Judith Ames)
Alden 'Stephen' Chase ...Dr. George Frye (as Stephen Chase)
Frank Cady ...Harold Ferris
Hayden Rorke ...Dr. Emery Bronson
Sandro Giglio ...Dr. Ottinger
Kirk Alyn ...Rioter Bringing Guns
Gertrude Astor ...Traveler
Robert Chapman ...Student
Gene Collins ...Newsdealer
James Congdon ...Eddie Garson
Marcel De la Brosse ...Headwaiter
Estelle Etterre ...Traveler
Sam Finn ...Complaining Man at Airport
Paul Frees ...Narrator / U.S. President (voice)
Art Gilmore ...Paul - Dr. Bronson's Assistant
Charmienne Harker ...Student
Ramsay Hill ...French U.N. Representative
Walter Kelley ...Student
Hassan Khayam ...Indian U.N. Chairman
Rudy Lee ...Mike - Little Boy with Dog
Freeman Lusk ...Rudolph Marsden
Chad Madison ...Student
Wayne Mallory ...Student
Dolores Mann ...Student
William Meader ...Jerry, the Clerk
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Producer(s):
George Pal
Cecil B. DeMille
Writer(s):
Edwin Balmer
Sydney Boehm
Philip Wylie
Composer(s):
Leith Stevens
Trailer(s):
When Worlds Collide Horror Film Trailer 1
More Movie Taglines:
- Romance! Thrills! Adventure!
- Planets destroy earth!
Movie Quote(s):
- Dr. Cole Hendron, Astronomer at Cosmos Observatory: [Presumably he wrote this line on a banner hanging over the Space Ark camp] Waste everything except TIME. Time is your most valuable commodity.
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David Randall: Here it is: money to burn!
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David Randall: Dr. Frye, how's your heart? Dr. George Frye, Dean of Eastern School of Technology: [puzzled] Fine. David Randall: [to Dr. Tony Drake] You invented those electrocardiograms for my benefit!
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Sydney Stanton: Your salvation doesn't interest me; mine does.
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[first lines] Narrator: [spoken over a shot of outer space] Needles in a heavenly haystack. There are more stars in the heavens than there are human beings on Earth. Through telescopes men of science constantly search the infinitesimal corners of our solar system seeking new discoveries, hoping to better understand the laws of the Universe. Observatories dedicated to the study of astronomy are set in high and remote places, but there is none more remote than Mt. Kenna Observatory in this part of South Africa.
Movie Trivia:
- In the final shot we see the Ark passengers disembarking with an obvious painted background depicting Zyra. This bad painting was tacked on for the film's sneak previews. Originally, producer George Pal wanted to depict Zyra as a miniature set, but Paramount shipped the film out before this could be done.
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There is a shot toward the end of a group of people sitting around a country store listening to the radio. Among them the little boy and dog later rescued by helicopter. The same shot shows up in The War of the Worlds (1953)
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The rocket was designed by space artist Chesley Bonestell.
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First film of Rachel Ames (as Judith Ames).
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George Pal wanted to film the novel's sequel, "After Worlds Collide," which depicted the struggle of human survivors on the alien planet. However, the failure of his film Conquest of Space (1955) badly damaged his career and the sequel was never made.
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Keywords:
Planet, Rocket, Astronomer, Disbelief ...[more]
Keywords All:
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Rating: 7.7 out of 10.0 - 66 votes cast total
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