When Worlds Collide

Planets destroy earth!

Categories: Science Fiction, Drama
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1951-09-14
Run time: 83 minute / 1:23
Budget: $936,000
Revenue: $1,600,000
Director: Rudolph Maté
Writer: Sydney Boehm
Production Company : Paramount Pictures
Production Country: United States of America

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Richard Derr
as David Randall
Barbara Rush
as Joyce Hendron
Peter Hansen
as Dr. Tony Drake
John Hoyt
as Sydney Stanton
Larry Keating
as Dr. Cole Hendron
Rachel Ames
as Julie Cummings
Stephen Chase
as Dr. George Frye
Frank Cady
as Harold Ferris
Hayden Rorke
as Dr. Emery Bronson
Sandro Giglio
as Dr. Ottinger
Kirk Alyn
as Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
James Congdon
as Eddie Garson (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as Traveler (uncredited)
Robert Chapman
as Student (uncredited)
Gene Collins
as Newsdealer (uncredited)
Marcel De La Brosse
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
as Traveler (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
Gay Nelson
as Leda (uncredited)
Edna Smith
Mary Murphy
as Student
Camera
W. Howard Greene Director of Photography

Production
George Pal Producer

Camera
John F. Seitz Director of Photography

Directing
Rudolph Maté Director

Writing
Sydney Boehm Screenplay

Costume & Make-Up
Wally Westmore Makeup Artist

Art
Albert Nozaki Art Department Assistant
Hal Pereira Art Department Manager

Sound
Leith Stevens Original Music Composer

Editing
Arthur P. Schmidt Editor

Costume & Make-Up
Edith Head Costume Design

Art
Sam Comer Set Decoration

Writing
Edwin Balmer Novel

Art
Ross Dowd Set Decoration

Writing
Philip Wylie Novel

Directing
Michael D. Moore Assistant Director

Sound
Walter Oberst Sound Recordist
Gene Merritt Sound Recordist




















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