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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Updated: Sep 22



When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.


The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Elevator Scene
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Elevator Scene

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Film Poster
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Film Poster

Director

  • Val Guest


Writers

  • Wolf Mankowitz

  • Val Guest


Cast

  • Edward Judd as Peter Stenning

  • Leo McKern as Bill Maguire

  • Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig

  • Michael Goodliffe as 'Jacko', the night editor

  • Bernard Braden as the news editor

  • Reginald Beckwith as Harry

  • Gene Anderson as May

  • Renée Asherson as Angela

  • Arthur Christiansen as Jeff Jefferson, the editor

  • Austin Trevor as Sir John Kelly

  • Edward Underdown as Dick Sanderson

  • Ian Ellis as Michael Stenning

  • Peter Butterworth as second sub-editor (uncredited)

  • Pamela Green as a shower steward (uncredited)

  • Michael Caine as a police constable (uncredited)

  • Norman Chappell as a Hotel receptionist (uncredited)


Source: IMDB & WIKI

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