When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide (Film), released 1951 — adapted from When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer.

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.

Starring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Larry Keating.

Directed by Rudolph Maté.

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