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
Cast
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)
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)
