The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Science Fiction
Drama
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
1961-11-01
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Cast
Director
Val Guest
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
Austin Trevor as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne Stone as Miss Evans (uncredited)
Edward Underdown as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon as Ronnie (uncredited)
George Merritt as Smudge (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw as Trixie (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)
Avril Angers as Mother (uncredited)
John Barron as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Jim Brady as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Fred Johnson as Archie (uncredited)
Larry Martyn as Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Jim McManus as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry as Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Lisa Peake as Girl (uncredited)
Guy Standeven as Man at Funfair (uncredited)
Terry Walsh as Man (uncredited)
Peter Sallis as Man (uncredited)