The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961)

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

68

1h 38m

  • Science Fiction,
  • Drama

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.

Cast

  • 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

  • Austin Trevor

    Austin Trevor

    Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

  • Geoffrey Chater

    Geoffrey Chater

    Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

  • Marianne Stone

    Marianne Stone

    Miss Evans (uncredited)

  • Edward Underdown

    Edward Underdown

    Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

  • Robin Hawdon

    Robin Hawdon

    Ronnie (uncredited)

  • George Merritt

    George Merritt

    Smudge (uncredited)

  • Verina Greenlaw

    Verina Greenlaw

    Trixie (uncredited)

  • Timothy Bateson

    Timothy Bateson

    Printer (uncredited)

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    Status

    Released (Nov 1, 1961)

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