The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961Science FictionDrama98 mins

Plot

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 det... read more

  • Val Guest

    Director

  • Val Guest

    Writer

  • Wolf Mankowitz

    Writer

  • Harry Waxman

    Director of Photography

  • Bill Lenny

    Editor

  • 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

  • Arthur Christiansen

    'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

  • Austin Trevor

    Sir John Kelly

  • Ian Ellis

    Michael Stenning

  • Geoffrey Chater

    Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

  • Renée Asherson

    Angela (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)

  • Runtime

    98 minutes

    Released

    1961-11-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Pax Films

    Updated

    237 days ago

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