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When Worlds Collide

1951 · 83 min · Director: Rudolph Maté ★ IMDb 6.6 · 10,618 ratings

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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.

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When Worlds Collide (1951) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Excitement 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Excitement, Tension. Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Excitement and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Fear
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension26 %20 %6 %4 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Tension31 %26 %13 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Tension44 %40 %29 %7 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension56 %52 %42 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Tension59 %55 %43 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Tension56 %52 %36 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Tension51 %43 %23 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Hope51 %40 %20 %37 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Tension59 %53 %36 %27 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Tension70 %68 %53 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 44′Tension78 %76 %62 %16 %
57.5 %≈ 48′Tension75 %70 %54 %22 %
62.5 %≈ 52′Sadness65 %60 %36 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 56′Tension65 %61 %32 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 60′Tension69 %64 %35 %27 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Sadness73 %66 %37 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Tension80 %75 %53 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 73′Tension88 %86 %69 %25 %
92.5 %≈ 77′Tension90 %71 %55 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 81′Relief89 %41 %28 %65 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RD
Richard Derr

RD
Richard Derr

David Randall

PH
Peter Hansen

PH
Peter Hansen

Dr. Tony Drake

John Hoyt

Sydney Stanton

LK
Larry Keating

RA
Rachel Ames

SC
Stephen Chase

HR
Hayden Rorke

HR
Hayden Rorke

Dr. Emery Bronson

SG
Sandro Giglio

KA
Kirk Alyn

Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)

JC
James Congdon

Eddie Garson (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Traveler (uncredited)

RC
Robert Chapman

Student (uncredited)

GC
Gene Collins

Newsdealer (uncredited)

MD
Marcel De La Brosse

Headwaiter (uncredited)

EE
Estelle Etterre

Traveler (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Narrator/U.S. President (voice)

GN
Gay Nelson

Leda (uncredited)

ES
Edna Smith

Details

Directed by
Rudolph Maté
Written by
Sydney Boehm, Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer
Type
Movies
Released
1951
Runtime
83 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 10,618 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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