The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

98 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | Nov. 1, 1961

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.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

98 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | Nov. 1, 1961

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Pax Films
Original title The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Directors Val Guest
Writers Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz

Cast

Janet Munro

as Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern

as Bill Maguire

Edward Judd

as Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe

as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

as Davis the News Editor

Gene Anderson

as May

Arthur Christiansen

as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

as Sir John Kelly

Ian Ellis

as Michael Stenning

Geoffrey Chater

as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Renée Asherson

as Angela (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

as Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

as Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

as Ronnie (uncredited)

George Merritt

as Smudge (uncredited)

Verina Greenlaw

as Trixie (uncredited)

Jane Aird

as Nanny (uncredited)

Timothy Bateson

as Printer (uncredited)

Reginald Marsh

as Picture Editor (uncredited)

Peter Blythe

as Copy Desk (uncredited)

Pamela Green

as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)

Michael Caine

as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)