The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961 PG-13 1h 38m

6.8 /10

165

Genre

Science Fiction Drama

Plot

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.

Director

Val Guest

Writers

Val Guest Wolf Mankowitz

Stars

Janet Munro Leo McKern Edward Judd

Cast & Crew

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

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Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Miss Evans (uncredited)

Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Picture Editor (uncredited)

Peter Blythe

Copy Desk (uncredited)

Pamela Green

Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth

2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)

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John Adams

Constable (uncredited)

Avril Angers

Mother (uncredited)

John Barron

1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)

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William Baskiville

Policeman (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Jim Brady

Man at Water Station (uncredited)

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Robin Burns

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Alf Casha

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Norman Chappell

Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

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Richard Coleman

Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Peter Evans

Man in Pub (uncredited)

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Geoffrey Frederick

Mitchell (uncredited)

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

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Gordon Humphries

Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Juba Kennerley

Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

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Dan Lester

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)

Jim McManus

Man at Water Station (uncredited)

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Don McMurray

Man in Fight (uncredited)

Carmel McSharry

Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)

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Michael McStay

Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)

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Robert Moore

Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

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Charles Morgan

Foreign Editor (uncredited)

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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Charles Price

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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John Rae

Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)

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Edith Raye

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

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Bill Rayment

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Julie Samuel

Young Girl (uncredited)

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Frank Schock

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Jeff Shane

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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Frank Sieman

Print Room Manager (uncredited)

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Jeff Silk

Policeman (uncredited)

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Graham Skidmore

Bit Part (uncredited)

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Terence Soall

Bit Part (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Man at Funfair (uncredited)

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John Tatham

Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)

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Joe Wadham

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

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