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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
★ 6.8/10•1961•1h 38m•6•Science Fiction•Drama

The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

Val Guest · Director

Val Guest · Writer

Wolf Mankowitz · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 38m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 1, 1961

Actors

Janet Munro

Janet Munro

Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Bill Maguire

Edward Judd

Edward Judd

Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith

Harry

Gene Anderson

Gene Anderson

May

Renée Asherson

Renée Asherson

Angela

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

John Dearth

Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

Edward Underdown

Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

Robin Hawdon

Ronnie (uncredited)

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