The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 74% of the 76 1950s science fiction movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
210 audience votes
Key crew
- Sydney BoehmScreenplay
- Leith StevensOriginal Music Composer
- Rudolph MatéDirector
Cast
- Richard DerrDavid Randall
- Barbara RushJoyce Hendron
- Peter HansenDr. Tony Drake
- John HoytSydney Stanton
- Larry KeatingDr. Cole Hendron
- Rachel AmesJulie Cummings
- Stephen ChaseDr. George Frye
- Frank CadyHarold Ferris
- Hayden RorkeDr. Emery Bronson
- Sandro GiglioDr. Ottinger
- Kirk AlynRioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
- James CongdonEddie Garson (uncredited)
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Themes
new york citybased on novel or bookspace travelmeteorrocketend of the worlddisasterarmageddondoomsdayfloodtidal wavedestruction of earth