The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961Rated6.81h 38mScience 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.

Starring: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd

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Cast

  • Janet MunroJeannie Craig
  • Leo McKernBill Maguire
  • Edward JuddPeter Stenning
  • Michael GoodliffeJacko Jackson the Night Editor
  • Bernard BradenDavis the News Editor
  • Reginald BeckwithHarry
  • Gene AndersonMay
  • Renée AshersonAngela
  • Arthur Christiansen'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
  • Austin TrevorSir John Kelly (uncredited)

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