The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Name: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director: Val Guest
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1961-11-01
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden

“The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!”

1961

1h 38m

Science Fiction Drama

Director: Val Guest

Writers: Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz

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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.