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As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Peter Hansen
- Dr. Tony Drake
- (as Peter Hanson)
Rachel Ames
- Julie Cummings
- (as Judith Ames)
Kirk Alyn
- Rioter Bringing Guns
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
- Traveler
- (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
Nina Borget
- Translator
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Delegate
- (uncredited)
Robert Chapman
- Student
- (uncredited)
Gene Collins
- Newsdealer
- (uncredited)
James Congdon
- Eddie Garson
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaGeorge 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), and the declining health of uncredited executive producer Burgess Meredith, damaged his relationship with Paramount, and the sequel was never made.
- GoofsThroughout the film, Bellus is referred to as a star; this is presumably how life is able to be sustained on Zyra. However, if this was the case, Earth would have been destroyed from the heat long before Bellus collided with it, even if it was a small brown-dwarf star. Also, departure should have been at least 17 days earlier, before descending deep into Bellus' gravity well and needing far more fuel. This part of the plot, and the time to build the ship, could have been resolved by sticking to the novel's pair of planets and a longer time frame - Zyra and Bellus both passing by with Bellus, a gas giant planet, ripping up Earth's surface, then returning months later for Bellus' direct collision with Earth, as Zyra enters orbit around the sun.
- Quotes
Sydney Stanton: Your salvation doesn't interest me; mine does.
- ConnectionsEdited from Spawn of the North (1938)
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Another gem from George Pal
"When Worlds Collide" was one of the first of the Sci-Fi films that ruled the 1950s. Plus,it was in color. The movie was based on the novel of the same name and if I remember correctly, there were two books-part one(which the movie is based on) and part two which describes life on the new planet. An astronomer sees a new sun and planet coming right toward earth and we have less than one year before the new sun collides with us. At first, no one believes him. After a short period of time, several countries build rockets to bring a handful of survivors to the new planet. The interior of the rocket is pretty lame by today's standards but the outside is cool-looking. The paintings are OK but the one at the very end of the film is quite obvious.The acting is good, the plot is terrific and there is a good balance of action and drama. This is a nice film to watch.
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- vtcavuoto
- Mar 12, 2006
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- Also known as
- Ko trčijo svetovi
- Filming locations
- Calabasas, California, USA(Rocket Ship Campsite)
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- Budget
- $936,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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