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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

(1961)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Val Guest
  2. Producer : Val Guest
  3. Writer : Val Guest,Wolf Mankowitz
  4. Editor : Bill Lenny
  5. Cast : Janet Munro,Leo McKern,Edward Judd,Michael Goodliffe,Bernard Braden,Reginald Beckwith,Gene Anderson,Renée Asherson,Arthur Christiansen,Austin Trevor,Ian Ellis,Geoffrey Chater,Marianne Stone,John Dearth,Edward Underdown,Robin Hawdon,George Merritt,Verina Greenlaw,Jane Aird,Timothy Bateson,Reginald Marsh,Peter Blythe,Pamela Green,Michael Caine,Peter Butterworth,John Adams,Avril Angers,John Barron,William Baskiville,Wallace Bosco,Jim Brady,Robin Burns,Alf Casha,Norman Chappell,Richard Coleman,Harold Coyne,George Curtis,Peter Evans,Geoffrey Frederick,Dave Griffiths,Aidan Harrington,Ruth Harrison,Gordon Humphries,Fred Johnson,Gerry Judge,Juba Kennerley,Dan Lester,Leonard Llewellyn,Larry Martyn,Jim McManus,Don McMurray,Carmel McSharry,Michael McStay,Robert Moore,Charles Morgan,Cecil Paul,Lisa Peake,Frank Phillips,Charles Price,John Rae,Edith Raye,Bill Rayment,Julie Samuel,Frank Schock,Jeff Shane,Frank Sieman,Jeff Silk,Graham Skidmore,Terence Soall,Guy Standeven,John Tatham,Joe Wadham,Terry Walsh,Peter Sallis

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Original TitleThe Day the Earth Caught Fire

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1961-11-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 38m

Production CompaniesPax Films

Genres

  • Science Fiction
  • Drama

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