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When Worlds Collide
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1951 film by Rudolph Maté
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When Worlds Collide is a 1951 science fiction film directed by Rudolph Maté and produced by George Pal. The screenplay was written by Sydney Boehm, with music composed by Leith Stevens. The cast includes Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, and John Hoyt. Edith Head served as the costume designer, while W. Howard Greene and John F. Seitz handled cinematography. Arthur P. Schmidt edited the film. Paramount Pictures produced and distributed the work, which also had Netflix as a distributor.
The narrative takes place in New York, Washington, D.C., South Africa, and on a fictional planet. The film was released in the United States and France, with the original language being English, Spanish, and French. It has a runtime of 83 minutes. The production cost was 936000, and the revenue reached 1600000. The film holds a review score of 5.9/10 and 81%, with an IMDb rating of 6.6 and a TMDb vote average of 6.4.
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6.4When 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- space travel
- meteor
- rocket
- end of the world
- disaster
- armageddon
- doomsday
- flood
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- When Worlds Collide
- Director
- Rudolph Maté
- Screenwriter
- Sydney Boehm
- Cast member
- Leonard Mudie
- Composer
- Leith Stevens
- Producer
- George Pal
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John F. Seitz
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 81
- FilmAffinity ID
- 389879
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- When Worlds Collide (1951) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- title
- Le Choc des mondes
- film editor
- Arthur P. Schmidt
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- capital cost
- 936000
- set in environment
- fictional planet
- review score
- 81%
- Commons category
- When Worlds Collide (1951 film)
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