The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
99 min
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.
- Release date
- November 1, 1961
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig
- Leo McKern as Bill Maguire
- Edward Judd as Peter Stenning
- Michael Goodliffe as 'Jacko' Jackson - Night Editor
- Bernard Braden as 'Dave' Davis - News Editor
- Reginald Beckwith as Harry
- Gene Anderson as May
- Renée Asherson as Angela
- Arthur Christiansen as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
- Austin Trevor as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
- Ian Ellis as Michael Stenning (uncredited)
- Geoffrey Chater as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
- Marianne Stone as Miss Evans (uncredited)
- John Dearth as Dick (uncredited)
- Edward Underdown as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
- Robin Hawdon as Ronnie (uncredited)
- George Merritt as Smudge (uncredited)
- Verina Greenlaw as Trixie (uncredited)
- Jane Aird as Nanny (uncredited)
- Timothy Bateson as Printer (uncredited)
- Reginald Marsh as Picture Editor (uncredited)
- Peter Blythe as Copy Desk (uncredited)
- Pamela Green as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
- Michael Caine as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
- Peter Butterworth as 2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
- Avril Angers as Mother (uncredited)
- John Barron as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
- William Baskiville as Policeman (uncredited)
- Wallace Bosco as Copy Boy (uncredited)
- John Adams as Constable
Crew
- Val Guest · Director
- Wolf Mankowitz · Writer
- Val Guest · Writer
- Val Guest · Producer
- Harry Waxman · Cinematographer
- Bill Lenny · Editor