The Day the Earth Caught Fire
# The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1961-11-01
β Running Time:
98 mins
β Vote Average:
6.78
Beloved Cast
Jeannie Craig
Janet Munro
Bill Maguire
Leo McKern
Peter Stenning
Edward Judd
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Michael Goodliffe
Davis the News Editor
Bernard Braden
Harry
Reginald Beckwith
May
Gene Anderson
Angela
RenΓ©e Asherson
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Arthur Christiansen
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Austin Trevor
Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Ian Ellis
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
Miss Evans (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Dick (uncredited)
John Dearth
Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
Ronnie (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon
Smudge (uncredited)
George Merritt
Trixie (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw
Nanny (uncredited)
Jane Aird
Printer (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
Picture Editor (uncredited)
Reginald Marsh
Copy Desk (uncredited)
Peter Blythe
Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Pamela Green
Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Michael Caine
2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
Constable (uncredited)
John Adams
Mother (uncredited)
Avril Angers
1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
John Barron
Policeman (uncredited)
William Baskiville
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Alf Casha
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Norman Chappell
Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
Editor (uncredited)
Harold Coyne
Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
George Curtis
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Peter Evans
Mitchell (uncredited)
Geoffrey Frederick
Workman (uncredited)
Dave Griffiths
Editor (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Ruth Harrison
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Gordon Humphries
Archie (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Dan Lester
Demonstrator (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Editor (uncredited)
Leonard Llewellyn
Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Larry Martyn
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Jim McManus
Man in Fight (uncredited)
Don McMurray
Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Michael McStay
Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
Robert Moore
Foreign Editor (uncredited)
Charles Morgan
Editor (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Girl (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Phillips
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Charles Price
Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)
John Rae
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Edith Raye
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Bill Rayment
Young Girl (uncredited)
Julie Samuel
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Frank Schock
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Jeff Shane
Print Room Manager (uncredited)
Frank Sieman
Policeman (uncredited)
Jeff Silk
Bit Part (uncredited)
Graham Skidmore
Bit Part (uncredited)
Terence Soall
Man at Funfair (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)
John Tatham
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Man (uncredited)
Terry Walsh