Film

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961 · 1h 38m · Science Fiction · Drama

The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

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.

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

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

Ronnie (uncredited)

• Val GuestDirector · Writer · Producer
• Wolf MankowitzWriter
• Harry WaxmanDirector of Photography
• Stanley BlackOriginal Music Composer
• Bill LennyEditor

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Release date

November 1, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

6

Genres

Science Fiction, Drama

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