The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
Film19611h 38mReleased
DramaScience Fiction
Not rated
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- Director
- Val Guest
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1961-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
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6.5
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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.
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Cast
- Janet MunroJeannie Craig
- Leo McKernBill Maguire
- Edward JuddPeter Stenning
- Michael GoodliffeJacko Jackson the Night Editor
- Bernard BradenDavis the News Editor
- Reginald BeckwithHarry
- Gene AndersonMay
- Renée AshersonAngela
- Arthur Christiansen'Jeff' Jefferson - EditorArthur Christiansen — artwork unavailable
- Austin TrevorSir John Kelly (uncredited)
