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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

IMDB:

6.8
The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Released

11/1/1961

Duration

1h 38m

Genre

Science Fiction, Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd

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.

Cast

Janet Munro

Jeannie Craig

Janet Munro

Leo McKern

Bill Maguire

Leo McKern

Edward Judd

Peter Stenning

Edward Judd

Michael Goodliffe

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Michael Goodliffe

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

Bernard Braden

Reginald Beckwith

Harry

Reginald Beckwith

Gene Anderson

May

Gene Anderson

Renée Asherson

Angela

Renée Asherson

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Arthur Christiansen

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Austin Trevor

Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

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