The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Directed by Val Guest

1h 38m

Science Fiction

| Drama

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

Janet Munro

Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Bill Maguire

Edward Judd

Edward Judd

Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith

Harry

Gene Anderson

Gene Anderson

May

Renée Asherson

Renée Asherson

Angela

Arthur Christiansen

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Crew

Val Guest

Val Guest

Director

Val Guest

Val Guest

Writer

Harry Waxman

Harry Waxman

Director of Photography

Wolf Mankowitz

Wolf Mankowitz

Writer

Anthony Masters

Anthony Masters

Art Direction

Val Guest

Val Guest

Producer

Bill Lenny

Bill Lenny

Editor

Les Bowie

Les Bowie

Special Effects

Beatrice Dawson

Beatrice Dawson

Costume Design

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