The End of the World (1916, aka Verdens Undergang)
Synopsis: A newly discovered comet, passing close to Earth, threatens to destroy the planet. Various characters — an astronomer, a preacher, a wealthy man, a mine worker and his family […]
Tag Archives: Disaster
Stories of impending natural or man-made catastrophes
Abandon Ship (1957, aka Seven Waves Away)
Synopsis: After a shipwreck, 26 people in a lifeboat meant for 9 try to survive. The lifeboat’s Captain, played by Tyrone Power (Jesse James and The Black Swan), suddenly realizes […]
George Pal Presents: Destination Moon (1950)
Synopsis: A scientist (Warner Anderson, The Caine Mutiny), a retired General (Tom Powers, Double Indemnity) and a tycoon (John Archer, The Big Trees) team up to develop the first trip […]
George Pal Presents: Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Synopsis: Thousands of years ago, a poor fisherman (Anthony Hall, Goodbye, Norma Jean) helps a young woman (Joyce Taylor, Twice-Told Tales) return to her country, the mythical land of Atlantis. He […]
George Pal Presents: Conquest of Space (1955)
Synopsis: In the near future, NASA has managed to build a space station that travels in orbit around Earth. A hand-picked group of astronauts run the station. The courageous cosmonauts fight space […]
George Pal Presents: When Worlds Collide (1951)
Synopsis: Mankind’s total destruction becomes a possibility when scientists discover that a planet is in route to a direct collision with Earth. As experts try to convince the international community […]
Day of the Animals (1977)
Synopsis: One very, very hot summer day, a group of hikers slowly realize that the wildlife is acting erratic. They can’t quite put their fingers on the problem, but Radio […]
War of the Worlds (2005)
Synopsis: An average blue-collar single father (Tom Cruise, Top Gun), and his two children (Dakota Fanning, Man on Fire, and Justin Chatwin, Taking Lives), struggle to survive amidst a devastating […]
George Pal Presents: The War of the Worlds (1953)
Synopsis: The residents of a small Californian town witness the first stages of an alien invasion by Martians. As the planet is invaded by vicious alien forces, people fight for […]
Tulsa (1949)
Synopsis: In 1920s, Tulsa, Oklahoma, a cattle rancher’s feisty daughter, played by Susan Hayward (I’ll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!), unexpectedly enters the oil business and quickly becomes […]
Non-Stop (2014)
Synopsis: An air marshal (Liam Neeson, Darkman) is aboard a transatlantic flight when he starts getting threatening text messages from an unknown passenger. The unidentified terrorist promises to kill a […]
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Synopsis: After a satellite falls to earth carrying a deadly virus from outer space, a team of scientists tries, in a race against time, to isolate the deadly strain of […]
