The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
- 1961
- 1h 38m
- Science Fiction
- Drama
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(182 votes)
Overview
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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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Stanley Black
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Harry Waxman
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Val GuestWriter
- Wolf MankowitzWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 1, 1961
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cast
Janet MunroJeannie Craig
Leo McKernBill Maguire
Edward JuddPeter Stenning
Michael GoodliffeJacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard BradenDavis the News Editor
Reginald BeckwithHarry
Gene AndersonMay
Renée AshersonAngela- Arthur Christiansen'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Austin TrevorSir John Kelly (uncredited)- Ian EllisMichael Stenning (uncredited)
Geoffrey ChaterPat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne StoneMiss Evans (uncredited)
John DearthDick (uncredited)
Edward UnderdownDick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin HawdonRonnie (uncredited)
George MerrittSmudge (uncredited)
Verina GreenlawTrixie (uncredited)- Jane AirdNanny (uncredited)
Timothy BatesonPrinter (uncredited)
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