The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Name: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Released: 1961-11-01
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 47

(1961)

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Synopsis

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.

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Rating

7.2 (6k)

Genres

Science-Fiction, Drama, Romance

Runtime

1h 38min

Age rating

Production country

United Kingdom

Director

Val Guest

Cast

Janet Munro

Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern

Bill Maguire

Edward Judd

Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith

Harry

Gene Anderson

May

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly

Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Renée Asherson

Angela (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

Ronnie (uncredited)

George Merritt

Smudge (uncredited)

Verina Greenlaw

Trixie (uncredited)

Jane Aird

Nanny (uncredited)

Timothy Bateson

Printer (uncredited)

Reginald Marsh

Picture Editor (uncredited)

Peter Blythe

Copy Desk (uncredited)

Pamela Green

Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth

2nd sub editor (uncredited)