The Day the Earth Caught Fire

• 6.792
• 1961-11-01
• 98 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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) Renée Asherson (Angela) Arthur Christiansen ('Jeff' Jefferson - Editor) Austin Trevor (Sir John Kelly (uncredited))

Director:

Val Guest

Writer:

Val Guest Wolf Mankowitz