The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
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.
- Released
- 1961-11-01
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Drama
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Val Guest
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 182 votes
Cast
- Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig
- Leo McKern as Bill Maguire
- Edward Judd as Peter Stenning
- Michael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
- Bernard Braden as Davis the 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)