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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Unrated
Movie
1961
1h 38m
English
Science 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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.1
IMDB
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
80

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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
Arthur Christiansen
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Ian Ellis
Michael Stenning
Austin Trevor
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Rene Asherson
Angela (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Miss Evans (uncredited)
John Dearth
Dick (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon
Ronnie (uncredited)
George Merritt
Smudge (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw
Trixie (uncredited)
Jane Aird
Nanny (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
Printer (uncredited)
Reginald Marsh
Picture Editor (uncredited)
Peter Blythe
Copy Desk (uncredited)
Pamela Green
Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
Directed By: Val Guest

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Buck Flower Sings says...
6 years ago
Quite well done, but everyone was simply over-over-acting. The plight of man into the fiery days of the future, as a result of war. All the aspects of society breaking down are shown quiet well here, with bits of stock photography, archived footage.
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