The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Release date: 11/01/1961
Genres:
Science Fiction, Drama
Countries:
United Kingdom
Rating:
6.8
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
Trailer
Actors
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
Austin Trevor
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Miss Evans (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon
Ronnie (uncredited)
George Merritt
Smudge (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw
Trixie (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)
Avril Angers
Mother (uncredited)
John Barron
1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
Archie (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Jim McManus
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
Girl (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Man at Funfair (uncredited)
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