The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
6.8 (177)
1 hr 38 min
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
Top Cast
Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern as Bill Maguire
Edward Judd as Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden as Davis the News Editor
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