The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
1961 · 1h 38m · Unrated
Drama, Science Fiction
Directed by
Val Guest
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Val Guest Director
- Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig
- Leo McKern as Bill Maguire
- Edward Judd as Peter Stenning
- Michael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
- Bernard Braden as Davis the News Editor
- Reginald Beckwith as Harry
- Gene Anderson as May
- Renée Asherson as Angela
- Arthur Christiansen as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
- Austin Trevor as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
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