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Director(s)Rudolph Mat?
Producer(s)George Pal, Cecil B. DeMille (executive uncredited)
Top GenresAdventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Richard Derr(as David Randall)
Barbara Rush(as Joyce Hendron)
John Hoyt(as Sydney Stanton)

When Worlds Collide Overview:

When Worlds Collide (1951) was a Science Fiction - Adventure Film directed by Rudolph Mat? and produced by Cecil B. DeMille and George Pal.

SYNOPSIS

A Pal-produced, special-effects and science-fiction feast has a rogue planet hurtling through space toward Earth. Only a rich industrialist takes action, commissioning a spaceship to carry him to a new world. But who will be among the 40 allowed onboard? The craft rises just as tidal waves wipe out New York and the planet begins to break up.

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Academy Awards 1951 --- Ceremony Number 24 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyJohn F. Seitz, W. Howard GreeneNominated

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THE END OF THE WORLD BLOGATHON: When Worlds Collide (1951)

on Mar 30, 2018 From Caftan Woman

The Midnite Drive-In and MovieMovieBlogBlog are cheerfully hosting The End of the World Blogathon running from March 30th to April 1st. After that...who knows? Click HERE if you dare.George Pal(1908-1980)The creative mind and artistic talent of George Pal gave us the Oscar-winning Puppet... Read full article

THE END OF THE WORLD BLOGATHON: When Worlds Collide (1951)

on Mar 30, 2018 From Caftan Woman

The Midnite Drive-In and MovieMovieBlogBlog are cheerfully hosting The End of the World Blogathon running from March 30th to April 1st. After that...who knows? Click HERE if you dare.George Pal(1908-1980)The creative mind and artistic talent of George Pal gave us the Oscar-winning Puppeto... Read full article

When Worlds Collide (1951)

By Beatrice on Aug 25, 2015 From Flickers in Time

When Worlds CollideDirected by Rudolph Mat? Written by Sydney Boehm from a novel by Edwin Balmer and Philip wylie 1951/USA Paramount PicturesFirst viewing/Amazon Instant I was looking forward to this for the special effects. ?Unfortunately I did not find them convincing even for the period. As ... Read full article

The Criminal Code (1931) and Convicted (1950): When Worlds Collide

By shadowsandsatin on Jul 17, 2011 From Shadows and Satin

Every now and then, the worlds of Pre-Code and film noir have more in common than we might think. The films The Criminal Code and Convicted are a prime example. Here?s more about these two features: The 1950 film noir Convicted, starring Glenn Ford as a brokerage-firm worker imprisoned after acciden... Read full article

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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!

Dr. Emery Bronson:[handing him money] You will require this for expenses.
David Randall:[counting the money and finding it short] I'm supposed to get paid $1500 plus the expenses.
Dr. Emery Bronson:Hendron will pay you on delivery. Time is all that counts. The money doesn't matter at all.
David Randall:With me, doctor, money always matters.
Dr. Emery Bronson:Perhaps the day may arrive when money won't mean anything, not to you... nor anyone.
David Randall:When that happens to me, I'll be six feet under.
[Randall is taken aback when Bronson just stares at him intently puffing on his pipe]

Sydney Stanton:All right. I'm in here safe and sound. Go outside and read the magazines.

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The rocket was designed by space artist Chesley Bonestell.

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 badly damaged his career and the sequel was never made.

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

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