When Worlds Collide
Planets destroy earth!
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Timing:
1:23 (83 min)
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Country
Production
Genre
Science Fiction
Budget
$936 000
Revenue
$1 600 000
Director
Actors
Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Larry Keating, Rachel Ames, Stephen Chase, Frank Cady, Hayden Rorke, Sandro Giglio
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Leith Stevens
Artist
Audition
Editing
Arthur P. Schmidt
All team (18)
All team (18)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Producer George Pal dreamed of filming a sequel to the film about the survivors of the cataclysm and their struggle for survival on another planet. Due to the box office failure of Byron Haskin's "Conquest of Space" (1955), the deteriorating health of Burgess Meredith (who was an executive producer whose name was not listed in the credits), and strained relations with the film company "Paramount Pictures," the sequel was never made.
- The film features a so-called differential analyzer, a mechanical analog of a computer, which was filmed at the University of California, Los Angeles. It was built in 1947 by "General Electric" and cost $125,000 (or $1.5 million in 2020 prices). By the start of filming, the university already had four of these machines.
- The finale of the film shows the passengers of the Ark landing on a frankly painted Zira. These shots could be seen during previews. In fact, George Pal wanted to create a model of Zira, but he didn't have time – "Paramount" had already sent the film to theaters.
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