When Worlds Collide 1951
6.6 / 10
When Worlds Collide
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.
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.
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Full Cast & Crew
... David Randall
... Joyce Hendron
... Dr. Tony Drake
... Sydney Stanton
... Dr. Cole Hendron
... Julie Cummings
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See All 2 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by John Chard
"Suggest we fly to another world" Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with other amateur reviewers on line that stress you have to put yourself back to 1951 to appreciate the film more, it still doesn't take away from the fact that the film is one of the poorer offerings from the disaster/sci-fi genre of years gone by. The methodical build up of characters is fine for adding weight to the final reel, the effects are solid for the time, and the ending has an element of heart tugging hope to it, but the film still remains a drawn out laborious watch. No amount of shouting about lack of budget and the time frame of its birth can't detract that the film over relies on heavy dialogue to keep the viewer interested. This is all well and good if the pay off is handsome in the extreme, which sadly isn't the case on this occasion. I have taken myself back to 1951, and for that reason alone I give it the average rating of 5/10, while I certainly have no hesitation in recommending this to genre fans for at least one watch. It deserves to be looked at, and it deserves respect of course, but that doesn't mean it's particularly above average either.
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Release Date:
Sep 14, 1951 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 23`
MMPA Rating:
G
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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"Suggest we fly to another world" Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with other amateur reviewers on line that stress you have to put yourself back to 1951 to appreciate the film more, it still doesn't take away from the fact that the film is one of the poorer offerings from the disaster/sci-fi genre of years gone by. The methodical build up of characters is fine for adding weight to the final reel, the effects are solid for the time, and the ending has an element of heart tugging hope to it, but the film still remains a drawn out laborious watch. No amount of shouting about lack of budget and the time frame of its birth can't detract that the film over relies on heavy dialogue to keep the viewer interested. This is all well and good if the pay off is handsome in the extreme, which sadly isn't the case on this occasion. I have taken myself back to 1951, and for that reason alone I give it the average rating of 5/10, while I certainly have no hesitation in recommending this to genre fans for at least one watch. It deserves to be looked at, and it deserves respect of course, but that doesn't mean it's particularly above average either.
Entertaining enough apocalyptic disaster film from the 1950s has some absolutely adorable miniatures and one awful matte painting at the end. Still, has its moments and the acting at least was passable. **2.75/5**
Cast & Crew of
When Worlds Collide
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Assistant Director
Cast
... David Randall
... Joyce Hendron
... Dr. Tony Drake
... Sydney Stanton
... Dr. Cole Hendron
... Julie Cummings
... Dr. George Frye
... Harold Ferris
... Dr. Emery Bronson
... Dr. Ottinger
... Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
... Eddie Garson (uncredited)
... Traveler (uncredited)
... Student (uncredited)
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Gene Collins... Newsdealer (uncredited)
MDLB
Marcel De La Brosse... Headwaiter (uncredited)
... Traveler (uncredited)
... Narrator/U.S. President (voice)
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Gay Nelson... Leda (uncredited)
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Edna Smith...
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... Producer
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