Dir. Rudolph Maté · Starring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Larry Keating, Rachel Ames · Music Leith Stevens
“Planets destroy earth!”
Science Fiction
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.
VIBE
A chillingly plausible doomsday scenario unfolds with a sense of mounting dread. The film captures the desperate race against time as humanity confronts its own extinction, blending scientific urgency with grand, apocalyptic spectacle.
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