The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Name: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director: Val Guest
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1961-11-01
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden

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

1961
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1h 38m
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U

★ 6.8 TMDB Rating · 181 votes

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: Val Guest
Release date: Nov 1, 1961
Original language: English
Origin: United States, United Kingdom

Cast of The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Janet Munro
Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
Harry
Gene Anderson
May
Renée Asherson
Angela
Arthur Christiansen
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Austin Trevor
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Ian Ellis
Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

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United Kingdom: Streaming on BFI Player
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