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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire: Directed by Val Guest. With Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe. When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
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- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Val Guest
- 1962-05
The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British science fiction disaster film directed by Val Guest and starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. [4] It is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. [5] [6] [7] The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 23 November 1961. In August 2014 a restored version was screened at ...
- £190,000 or £213,581
- Val Guest, Frank Sherwin Green
Ian Ellis. Michael Stenning. Geoffrey Chater. Pat Holroyd (uncredited) Renée Asherson. Angela (uncredited) Marianne Stone. Miss Evans (uncredited) John Dearth.
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. Val Guest. Director, Writer.
After the super-powers accidentally set off nuclear bombs simultaneously, the staff at Fleet Street's Daily Express report dramatic changes to the world's climate. As London swelters and the Thames starts to run dry, the paper's staff finally gets the Government to admit that the Earth's axis has shifted. Eventually they discover that the full ...
Directed by Val Guest • 1961 • United Kingdom. Starring Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd. Distinguished by its chilling, matter-of-fact realism and thought-provoking dialogue, this Cold War–era doomsday thriller stands as one of the finest examples of its kind. Following simultaneous nuclear detonations by the United States and the ...
