The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!

6.8(158 votes)
1961
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.

Production

Pax Films

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

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

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