The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Name: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director: Val Guest
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1961
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden

19611h 38mdir. Val Guestwriter Val Guestwriter Wolf Mankowitz

6.8TMDb

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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.

Cast

Janet Munro Leo McKern Edward Judd Michael Goodliffe Bernard Braden Reginald Beckwith

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