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
Verina Greenlaw
as Trixie (uncredited)
Michael Caine
as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Avril Angers
as Mother (uncredited)
Reginald Beckwith
as Harry
John Barron
as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
as Miss Evans (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
as Archie (uncredited)
Leo McKern
as Bill Maguire
George Merritt
as Smudge (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
as 2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
as Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
as Man (uncredited)
Janet Munro
as Jeannie Craig
Timothy Bateson
as Printer (uncredited)
Reginald Marsh
as Picture Editor (uncredited)
Pamela Green
as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Jim McManus
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Terry Walsh
as Man (uncredited)
Edward Judd
as Peter Stenning
Renée Asherson
as Angela
Gene Anderson
as May
Peter Blythe
as Copy Desk (uncredited)
Austin Trevor
as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
as Girl (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Edward Underdown
as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon
as Ronnie (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Man at Funfair (uncredited)
Bernard Braden
as Davis the News Editor
