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When Worlds Collide

Duration:

83 min

Genres:

Family | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Rudolph Maté

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Calabasas, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Gertrude Astor

Kasey Rogers

Richard Derr

David Randall

Barbara Rush

Joyce Hendron

Peter Hansen

Dr. Tony Drake

John Hoyt

Sydney Stanton

Larry Keating

Dr. Cole Hendron

Rachel Ames

Julie Cummings

Stephen Chase

Dr. George Frye

Frank Cady

Harold Ferris

Hayden Rorke

Dr. Emery Bronson

Sandro Giglio

Dr. Ottinger

Kirk Alyn

Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)

Robert Chapman

Student (uncredited)

Gene Collins

Newsdealer (uncredited)

James Congdon

Eddie Garson (uncredited)

Marcel De la Brosse

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Traveler (uncredited)

Sam Finn

Complaining Man at Airport (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Narrator /

Art Gilmore

Paul (uncredited)

Charmienne Harker

Student (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill

French U.N. Representative (uncredited)

Walter Kelley

Student (uncredited)

Hassan Khayam

Indian U.N. Chairman (uncredited)

Rudy Lee

Mike (uncredited)

Freeman Lusk

Rudolph Marsden (uncredited)

Chad Madison

Student (uncredited)

Wayne Mallory

Student (uncredited)

Dolores Mann

Student (uncredited)

William Meader

Jerry (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Glen Spiro

Leonard Mudie

British U.N. Representative (uncredited)

Mary Murphy

Student (uncredited)

Gay Nelson

Leda (uncredited)

Keith Richards

Stanley (uncredited)

John Ridgely

Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited)

Frances Sandford

Alice (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

James Seay

Donovan (uncredited)

Queenie Smith

Matron with Cigarette (uncredited)

Harry Stanton

Dr. Zenta (uncredited)

Robert Sully

Student (uncredited)

Richard Vath

Student (uncredited)

Stuart Whitman

Man by Bank During Instigation (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The rights to the story by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer were originally bought in 1933 by Paramount, when director Cecil B. DeMille was planning a related project called "The End of the World." DeMille had hoped to rush the project into production after filming wrapped on This Day and Age (1933), but the script was never even written and the studio scrapped the project.

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When the effects of Zyra are shown there is a shot of a volcano erupting where the side of the peak falls outward. This same shot was used in other George Pal films, including The Time Machine (1960) and Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961).

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The rocket was designed by space artist Chesley Bonestell.

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Goofs

When the rocket takes off, we have been told that the g-force will be high enough to cause everyone to black out, as indeed they are shown to do. But their postures show no sign of acceleration, nor are their faces distorted as even a few g will do.

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People are visible in the black and white photographs of supposedly deserted New York. The reporter stated that some utility workers had volunteered to stay behind. Even when a city is evacuated, there can always be a few stragglers.

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When the main characters are gathered in Hendron's office awaiting the passing of Zyra, Joyce is seated in a chair. As the earthquake starts, she rises and runs across the room to Dave Randall. A short time later, in a shot from another angle, she's seated again then rises and runs to Randall a second time.

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Quotes

Dr. Emery Bronson: If our calculations prove to be correct, this will be the most frightening discovery of all time.

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Sydney Stanton: Your salvation doesn't interest me; mine does.

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Sydney Stanton: Without me you would have been wiped out with the rest of them.

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Faq

Who was technical advisor on the 1951 film _When Worlds Collide_?

Zecharia Sitchen ? http://www.sitchin.com/

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