The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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

  • Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
  • Release Date: 1961-11-01
  • User Rating: 6.783/10 from 136 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Pax Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Val Guest
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Summary

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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  • Janet Munro

    as Jeannie Craig

  • Leo McKern

    as Bill Maguire

  • Edward Judd

    as Peter Stenning

  • Michael Goodliffe

    as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

  • Bernard Braden

    as Davis the News Editor

  • Reginald Beckwith

    as Harry

  • Gene Anderson

    as May

  • Arthur Christiansen

    as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

  • Austin Trevor

    as Sir John Kelly

  • Ian Ellis

    as Michael Stenning

  • Geoffrey Chater

    as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

  • Renée Asherson

    as Angela (uncredited)

  • Marianne Stone

    as Miss Evans (uncredited)

  • John Dearth

    as Dick (uncredited)

  • Edward Underdown

    as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

  • Robin Hawdon

    as Ronnie (uncredited)

  • George Merritt

    as Smudge (uncredited)

  • Verina Greenlaw

    as Trixie (uncredited)

  • Jane Aird

    as Nanny (uncredited)

  • Timothy Bateson

    as Printer (uncredited)

  • Reginald Marsh

    as Picture Editor (uncredited)

  • Peter Blythe

    as Copy Desk (uncredited)

  • Pamela Green

    as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)

  • Michael Caine

    as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)

  • Peter Butterworth

    as 2nd sub editor (uncredited)
Directing Val Guest Director
Camera Harry Waxman Director of Photography
Writing Val Guest Writer
Production Val Guest Producer
Crew Les Bowie Special Effects
Editing Bill Lenny Editor
Writing Wolf Mankowitz Writer
Art Anthony Masters Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Tony Sforzini Makeup Artist
Art Scott Slimon Set Decoration
Sound Chris Greenham ADR & Dubbing
Costume & Make-Up Joyce James Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Beatrice Dawson Costume Design
Camera Moray Grant Camera Operator

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