The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Release: 1961-11-01
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.8
Science Fiction
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Pax Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Marianne Stone
as Miss Evans (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
as 2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Avril Angers
as Mother (uncredited)
Terry Walsh
as Man (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
George Merritt
as Smudge (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
as Printer (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
as Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Edward Judd
as Peter Stenning
Verina Greenlaw
as Trixie (uncredited)
Gene Anderson
as May
Leo McKern
as Bill Maguire
Peter Blythe
as Copy Desk (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Pamela Green
as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Robin Hawdon
as Ronnie (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
as Archie (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
as Girl (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Man at Funfair (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
as Man (uncredited)
Renée Asherson
as Angela
Michael Caine
as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Jim McManus
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Janet Munro
as Jeannie Craig
Austin Trevor
as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Reginald Beckwith
as Harry
Reginald Marsh
as Picture Editor (uncredited)
John Barron
as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Bernard Braden
as Davis the News Editor
