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When Worlds Collide ()

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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.
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David Randall
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Joyce Hendron
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Dr. Tony Drake (as Peter Hanson)
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Sydney Stanton
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Dr. Cole Hendron
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Julie Cummings (as Judith Ames)
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Dr. George Frye
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Harold Ferris
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Dr. Emery Bronson
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Dr. Ottinger
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Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
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Traveler (uncredited)
Mary Bayless ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
Nina Borget ...
Translator (uncredited)
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Delegate (uncredited)
Robert Chapman ...
Student (uncredited)
Gene Collins ...
Newsdealer (uncredited)
James Congdon ...
Eddie Garson (uncredited)
Marcel De la Brosse ...
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Traveler (uncredited)
Sam Finn ...
Complaining Man at Airport (uncredited)
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Narrator / U.S. President (uncredited) (voice)
Kay Garrett ...
Delegate (uncredited)
Slim Gaut ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Paul (uncredited)
Robert Haines ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Delegate (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
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Ramsay Hill ...
French U.N. Representative (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
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Plane Passenger (uncredited)
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Citizen (uncredited)
Walter Kelley ...
Student (uncredited)
Hassan Khayam ...
Indian U.N. Chairman (uncredited)
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Mike (uncredited)
Freeman Lusk ...
Rudolph Marsden (uncredited)
Chad Madison ...
Student (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
Dolores Mann ...
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Citizen (uncredited)
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Scientist (uncredited)
William Meader ...
Clerk (uncredited)
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Glen Spiro (uncredited)
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Scientist (uncredited)
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Scientist (uncredited)
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Citizen (uncredited)
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British U.N. Representative (uncredited)
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Gay Nelson ...
Leda (uncredited)
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Paul Power ...
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Waclaw Rekwart ...
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Stanley (uncredited)
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Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)
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Stewardess (uncredited)
Victor Romito ...
Commuter (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
Frances Sandford ...
Alice (uncredited)
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Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Donovan (uncredited)
Edna Smith ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Matron with Cigarette (uncredited)
Harry Stanton ...
Dr. Zenta (uncredited)
Paul Stathes ...
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Scientist (uncredited)
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Hal Taggart ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
Richard Vath ...
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Man Drawing Selection Disc (uncredited)
Chalky Williams ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Rudolph Maté

Written by

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Sydney Boehm ... (screenplay)
 
Edwin Balmer ... (novel) and
Philip Wylie ... (novel)

Produced by

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Cecil B. DeMille ... executive producer (uncredited)
George Pal ... producer

Music by

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Leith Stevens

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W. Howard Greene ... director of photography
John F. Seitz ... director of photography

Editing by

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Arthur P. Schmidt ... (as Arthur Schmidt)

Editorial Department

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Robert Brower ... color consultant: Technicolor
Doane Harrison ... editorial supervisor

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Albert Nozaki
Hal Pereira

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Sam Comer
Ross Dowd

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor
Glen Alden ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Gertrude Reade ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michael D. Moore ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Gene Lauritzen ... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Will Williams ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Gene Merritt ... sound
Walter Oberst ... sound
Howard Beals ... sound editor (uncredited)
L.W. Pitts ... sound (uncredited)

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Harry Barndollar ... special effects
Gordon Jennings ... special effects
Tim Baar ... special effects (uncredited)
Dick Webb ... special effects (uncredited)
Barney Wolff ... special effects (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Jan Domela ... matte artist (uncredited)
Paul K. Lerpae ... optical cinematography (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser ... effects camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)

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Sidney Cutner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Chesley Bonestell ... technical advisor
Harry F. Hogan ... dialogue director (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

South African pilot Dave Randall serves as courier - transporting a briefcase to American scientist, Dr Hendron. Inside the case are documents which state the star Bellus will collide with Earth, destroying it. A plan is developed to build a spaceship to carry a select few to the planet Zyra, a planet orbiting Bellus. Written by J. Spurlin

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Taglines Romance! Thrills! Adventure! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le choc des mondes (France)
  • Der jüngste Tag (Germany)
  • Cuando los mundos chocan (Spain)
  • Коли світи зіштовхнуться (Ukraine)
  • Srážka světů (Czechoslovakia, Czech title)
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Runtime
  • 83 min
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Budget $936,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia 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), and the declining health of uncredited executive producer Burgess Meredith, damaged his relationship with Paramount, and the sequel was never made. See more »
Goofs Throughout 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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Spawn of the North (1938). See more »
Quotes Sydney Stanton: Your salvation doesn't interest me; mine does.
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