The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
1961 · 1h 38m · Science Fiction, Drama
Genres: 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…
Director: Val Guest
Writers: Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz
Music by: Stanley Black
Cinematography: Harry Waxman
Editor: Bill Lenny
Rated 6.8/10 by 172 viewers
Cast
Janet Munro as Jeannie CraigLeo McKern as Bill MaguireEdward Judd as Peter StenningMichael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night EditorBernard Braden as Davis the News EditorReginald Beckwith as HarryGene Anderson as MayRenée Asherson as AngelaArthur Christiansen as 'Jeff' Jefferson - EditorAustin Trevor as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)Ian Ellis as Michael Stenning (uncredited)Geoffrey Chater as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)More like this
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