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Feature film — 1961

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

6.81h 38mScience 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.

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A high-signal pick with 183 votes.

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Director: Val Guest

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Cast & crew

Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig

Janet Munro

Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern as Bill Maguire

Leo McKern

Bill Maguire

Edward Judd as Peter Stenning

Edward Judd

Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Michael Goodliffe

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden as Davis the News Editor

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith as Harry

Reginald Beckwith

Harry

Gene Anderson as May

Gene Anderson

May

Renée Asherson as Angela

Renée Asherson

Angela

A

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

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Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

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