When Worlds Collide (1951 film)

When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rudolph Maté
Screenplay by	Sydney Boehm
Based on	When Worlds Collide; by Edwin Balmer; Philip Wylie;
Produced by	George Pal
Starring	Richard Derr; Barbara Rush; Peter Hansen; John Hoyt
Cinematography	John F. Seitz; W. Howard Greene
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Music by	Leith Stevens
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 15, 1951;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$936,000 (estimated)
Box office	$1.6 million (US/Canada rentals, 1951)

When Worlds Collide is a 1951 American science fiction disaster film released by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by George Pal, directed by Rudolph Maté, and stars Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, and John Hoyt. The film is based on the 1933 science fiction novel of the same name, co-written by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie.^[3]

The film's storyline concerns the coming destruction of the Earth by a rogue star^{[Note 1]} called Bellus and the desperate efforts to build a space ark to transport a group of men and women to Bellus' single planet, Zyra.

^ ""When Worlds Collide"." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: July 20, 2013
^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951." Variety, January 2, 1952.
^ Wylie, Philip; Balmer, Edwin (1932). When Worlds Collide. New York City: Lippincott. ASIN B001DABHPS.

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[1] ""When Worlds Collide"." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: July 20, 2013

[2] "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951." Variety, January 2, 1952.

[3] Wylie, Philip; Balmer, Edwin (1932). When Worlds Collide. New York City: Lippincott. ASIN B001DABHPS.

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