The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Nov 1, 1961

1h 38m

★ 6.8

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

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Drama

Production Companies

Pax Films

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Cast

Jeannie Craig

Janet Munro

Bill Maguire

Leo McKern

Peter Stenning

Edward Judd

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Michael Goodliffe

Davis the News Editor

Bernard Braden

Harry

Reginald Beckwith

May

Gene Anderson

Angela

Renée Asherson

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Arthur Christiansen

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Austin Trevor

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

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