The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
1961-11-01 | 98 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Janet MunroJeannie Craig
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Leo McKernBill Maguire
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Edward JuddPeter Stenning
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Michael GoodliffeJacko Jackson the Night Editor
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Bernard BradenDavis the News Editor
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Reginald BeckwithHarry
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Gene AndersonMay
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Renée AshersonAngela
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Austin TrevorSir John Kelly (uncredited)
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Geoffrey ChaterPat Holroyd (uncredited)
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Marianne StoneMiss Evans (uncredited)
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Edward UnderdownDick Sanderson (uncredited)
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Robin HawdonRonnie (uncredited)
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George MerrittSmudge (uncredited)
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Verina GreenlawTrixie (uncredited)
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Timothy BatesonPrinter (uncredited)
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