Movie Description
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
- Director : Val Guest
- Producer : Val Guest
- Writer : Val Guest,Wolf Mankowitz
- Editor : Bill Lenny
- 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
Cast
Jeannie Craig
Bill Maguire
Peter Stenning
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Davis the News Editor
Harry
May
Angela
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Miss Evans (uncredited)
Dick (uncredited)
Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Ronnie (uncredited)
Smudge (uncredited)
Trixie (uncredited)
Nanny (uncredited)
Printer (uncredited)
Picture Editor (uncredited)
Copy Desk (uncredited)
Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Constable (uncredited)
Mother (uncredited)
1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)
Editor (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Mitchell (uncredited)
Workman (uncredited)
Editor (uncredited)
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Archie (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Editor (uncredited)
Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Man in Fight (uncredited)
Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
Foreign Editor (uncredited)
Editor (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Young Girl (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Print Room Manager (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bit Part (uncredited)
Man at Funfair (uncredited)
Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Day the Earth Caught Fire
Status Released
Release Information
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1961-11-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 38m
Production CompaniesPax Films
Genres
- Science Fiction
- Drama
