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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

6.8

1961

1h 38m

Science FictionDrama

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Overview

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

Cast

Janet Munro

Janet Munro

Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Bill Maguire

Edward Judd

Edward Judd

Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

Bernard Braden

Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith

Harry

Gene Anderson

Gene Anderson

May

Renée Asherson

Renée Asherson

Angela

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

Edward Underdown

Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

Robin Hawdon

Ronnie (uncredited)

George Merritt

George Merritt

Smudge (uncredited)

Verina Greenlaw

Verina Greenlaw

Trixie (uncredited)

Jane Aird

Nanny (uncredited)

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

Printer (uncredited)

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