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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
- All cast & crew
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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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A great sci-fi movie a bit ahead of its time
This is one of the least known sci-fi movies from the 1950s, but it's one of the best of the era. The great thing about this movie is that it concerns the lives of the characters and their personal problems.
The plot is about a group of researchers that after a trip in Africa discover some shocking news, that the star Bellus will collide to Earth, destroying the planet. Soon they begin to build a giant rocket ship that will take a group of survivors in Zyra, a safer planet.
The best part of the movie (for me) was the part of all the cataclysms (mountains crumbling, giant sea waves, the Brooklyn Bridge auto-destroying in pieces), and the music fits with the viewer's emotions. I also liked the chemistry between the two main characters (Richard Derr and Barbara Rush), especially in the night-club scene. And the ending is very superb for a 1951 sci-fi movie!
This is a sci-fi movie that every sci-fi fan must see almost once in their life.
The plot is about a group of researchers that after a trip in Africa discover some shocking news, that the star Bellus will collide to Earth, destroying the planet. Soon they begin to build a giant rocket ship that will take a group of survivors in Zyra, a safer planet.
The best part of the movie (for me) was the part of all the cataclysms (mountains crumbling, giant sea waves, the Brooklyn Bridge auto-destroying in pieces), and the music fits with the viewer's emotions. I also liked the chemistry between the two main characters (Richard Derr and Barbara Rush), especially in the night-club scene. And the ending is very superb for a 1951 sci-fi movie!
This is a sci-fi movie that every sci-fi fan must see almost once in their life.
- bellino-angelo2014
- Mar 25, 2018
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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
- 1.33 : 1
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