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When Worlds Collide

1951Movie1 h 23 minG

56

DecentGoodWatch score

56

DecentGoodWatch score

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Summary

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.

Good for

Date night
Family movie night
Friends night

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Keeps you on edge.
Leaves you in awe.
Gets your pulse racing.
Keeps you guessing.
Takes you somewhere else.

Not for laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 64Audiences 65GoodWatch 56
Tomatometer81%
Metascore47
IMDb6.6
Audience score64%
Box office
1.7×its budget
Budget
$936 K
Worldwide
$2 M
Worldwide it earned $664 K more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than most sci-fi movies, −16 min on the typical 99
typical 9983
Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 26 more
Released
1951
September 14, 1951
75 years ago
Genres
Science FictionDrama
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchHindiPortugueseSpanish
Made in
United States
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesModerate
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking
20 of 20
Directing · 2
Rudolph Maté Director
Michael D. Moore Assistant Director
Writing · 3
Sydney Boehm Screenplay
Philip Wylie Novel
Edwin Balmer Novel
Production · 1
George Pal Producer
Camera · 2
John F. Seitz Director of Photography
W. Howard Greene Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Arthur P. Schmidt Editor
Sound · 3
Leith Stevens Original Music Composer
Gene Merritt Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst Sound Recordist
Art · 4
Hal Pereira Art Department Manager
Sam Comer Set Decoration
Albert Nozaki Art Department Assistant
Ross Dowd Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Edith Head Costume Design
Wally Westmore Makeup Artist

Tropes

Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scalein 386 titlesDr. Hendron says that Bellus is exactly three billion miles from Earth."The Reason You Suck" Speechin 4,461 titlesDr. Hendron lays it into Stanton on the final day before the collision.All 64 tropes

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