1961
6.8 (157 votes)
1h 38m
Genres
Science Fiction
Drama
Production Companies
Pax Films
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
Key Crew
Director: Val Guest
Writer: Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz
Director of Photography: Harry Waxman
Producer: Val Guest
Top Cast
Janet Munro
Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
Harry
Gene Anderson
May
Renée Asherson
Angela
Videos
The Day The Earth Caught Fire ≣ 1961 ≣ Trailer
Val Guest - The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Trailer
