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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
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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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As a Kid in the 60's...
...I remember rushing in from playing football in the street to watch the world ending on our little b&W TV. I remember thinking what I would do in that situation? I had nightmares for days after especially about the image of Bellus swallowing the world. Wasn't Bellus a star? Coz Zyra, the planet, sailed past days before causing earthquakes and loads of nasty stuff. It doesn't matter about effects (1951? This was top notch!) but what does matter is that you cared about the characters; the desolation when one engineer gives up his seat because his girl friend wasn't lucky enough to draw a place and was willing to meet his fate with his loved one by his side... THAT'S romance! And that ski-jump take off... and that rocket!!!! It's definitely one of the best of it's genre and everyone else is right.. the recent batch of similar films aren't a patch on this. Remember characterization, chaps! Enjoy...
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- Stee-3
- Sep 10, 2001
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- Also known as
- Ko trčijo svetovi
- Filming locations
- Calabasas, California, USA(Rocket Ship Campsite)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $936,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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