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Film · 1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1h 38mDirected by Val Guest
- Science Fiction
- Drama
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.
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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)
Details
- Director
- Val Guest
- Writer
- Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz
- Music
- Stanley Black
- Cinematography
- Harry Waxman
- Editor
- Bill Lenny
- Producer
- Val Guest
- Release
- November 1, 1961
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Pax Films
- TMDB score
- 6.8 / 10 from 183 votes
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