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When Worlds Collide (1951)  link to When Worlds Collide on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 3214

poster When Worlds Collide

IMDb Rating:
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6.7/10 (6184 votes)

Country: USA, 83 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Genre(s):

Director(s): Rudolph Maté

Storyline:
South African bush pilot and carefree ladies man Dave Randall finds he has been let in on the greatest and most terrible secret in the world when an eminent astronomer pays him to deliver some mysterious photos from to an equally prominent colleague in the U.S. The recipient, Dr. Hendron, confirms the awful findings of the sender: the star Bellus will collide with Earth, destroying our planet. Despite widespread disbelief, Marston and Spiro, a pair of millionaire philanthropists, give Dr. Hendron all their assets to begin construction on a huge rocket ship that will, at least theoretically, transport a nucleus of survivors to Zyra, a planet which orbiting Bellus that may or may not be habitable. The funds aren't enough to complete the spaceship, and Dr. Hendron solicits a contribution from elderly wheelchair-bound tycoon Sydney Stanton, a wheelchair-bound old man who, unlike the selfless Marston and Spiro, demands a place on the rocket, even though space and weight will be too ...

Cast:

photo Richard Derr Richard Derr David Randall
photo Barbara Rush Barbara Rush Joyce Hendron
photo Peter Hansen Peter Hansen Dr. Tony Drake
photo John Hoyt John Hoyt Sydney Stanton
photo Larry Keating Larry Keating Dr. Cole Hendron

Medium: Media file,

Location: [Klingon]H:\Victor's Movies\When Worlds Collide.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3