The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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

1961
1 hr 37 min
6.8 (162)
Released

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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Description

Release Date

1961
Runtime

1 hr 37 min
Language

en
Rating

6.8 (162)

Genres

Science Fiction Drama
Director

Val Guest
Cast

Janet Munro
Leo McKern
Edward Judd
Michael Goodliffe
Bernard Braden
Reginald Beckwith
Gene Anderson
Renée Asherson
Arthur Christiansen
Austin Trevor
Ian Ellis
Geoffrey Chater
Marianne Stone
John Dearth
Edward Underdown
Robin Hawdon
George Merritt
Verina Greenlaw
Jane Aird
Timothy Bateson
Reginald Marsh
Peter Blythe
Pamela Green
Michael Caine
Peter Butterworth
John Adams
Avril Angers
John Barron
William Baskiville
Wallace Bosco
Jim Brady
Robin Burns
Alf Casha
Norman Chappell
Richard Coleman
Harold Coyne
George Curtis
Peter Evans
Geoffrey Frederick
Dave Griffiths
Aidan Harrington
Ruth Harrison
Gordon Humphries
Fred Johnson
Gerry Judge
Juba Kennerley
Dan Lester
Leonard Llewellyn
Larry Martyn
Jim McManus
Don McMurray
Carmel McSharry
Michael McStay
Robert Moore
Charles Morgan
Cecil Paul
Lisa Peake
Frank Phillips
Charles Price
John Rae
Edith Raye
Bill Rayment
Julie Samuel
Frank Schock
Jeff Shane
Frank Sieman
Jeff Silk
Graham Skidmore
Terence Soall
Guy Standeven
John Tatham
Joe Wadham
Terry Walsh
Peter Sallis