The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
6.8(171) 1961-11-01 98 minScience FictionDrama
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.
DirectorVal Guest
WriterVal Guest
WriterWolf Mankowitz
ProducerVal Guest
Original Music ComposerStanley Black
Cast & characters
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
Renée Asherson
as Angela
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Arthur Christiansen
as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Austin Trevor
as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
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Ian Ellis
as Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
as Miss Evans (uncredited)
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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)
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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)
