The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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

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.

star 6.8 7.2 86%
  • Release Date: 1961-11-01
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: Val Guest

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Renée Asherson

      Angela

    • Arthur Christiansen

      'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

    • Austin Trevor

      Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

    • Ian Ellis

      Michael Stenning (uncredited)

    • Geoffrey Chater

      Pat Holroyd (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)

    • John Adams

      Constable (uncredited)

    • Avril Angers

      Mother (uncredited)

    • John Barron

      1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)

    • William Baskiville

      Policeman (uncredited)

    • Wallace Bosco

      Copy Boy (uncredited)

    • Jim Brady

      Man at Water Station (uncredited)

    • Robin Burns

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Alf Casha

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Norman Chappell

      Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

    • Richard Coleman

      Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)

    • Harold Coyne

      Editor (uncredited)

    • Maxwell Craig

      Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

    • George Curtis

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Peter Evans

      Man in Pub (uncredited)

    • Geoffrey Frederick

      Mitchell (uncredited)

    • Dave Griffiths

      Workman (uncredited)

    • Aidan Harrington

      Editor (uncredited)

    • Ruth Harrison

      Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Gordon Humphries

      Man at Water Station (uncredited)

    • Fred Johnson

      Archie (uncredited)

    • Gerry Judge

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Juba Kennerley

      Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

    • Dan Lester

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Aileen Lewis

      Demonstrator (uncredited)

    • Leonard Llewellyn

      Editor (uncredited)

    • Larry Martyn

      Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)

    • Jim McManus

      Man at Water Station (uncredited)

    • Don McMurray

      Man in Fight (uncredited)

    • Carmel McSharry

      Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)

    • Michael McStay

      Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)

    • Robert Moore

      Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

    • Charles Morgan

      Foreign Editor (uncredited)

    • Cecil Paul

      Editor (uncredited)

    • Lisa Peake

      Girl (uncredited)

    • Frank Phillips

      Radio Announcer (uncredited)

    • Charles Price

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • John Rae

      Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)

    • Edith Raye

      Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Bill Rayment

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Julie Samuel

      Young Girl (uncredited)

    • Frank Schock

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Jeff Shane

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Frank Sieman

      Print Room Manager (uncredited)

    • Jeff Silk

      Policeman (uncredited)

    • Graham Skidmore

      Bit Part (uncredited)

    • Terence Soall

      Bit Part (uncredited)

    • Guy Standeven

      Man at Funfair (uncredited)

    • John Tatham

      Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)

    • Joe Wadham

      Man in Crowd (uncredited)

    • Terry Walsh

      Man (uncredited)

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