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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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

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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.

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Cast

  • Janet Munro Janet Munro Jeannie Craig
  • Leo McKern Leo McKern Bill Maguire
  • Edward Judd Edward Judd Peter Stenning
  • Michael Goodliffe Michael Goodliffe Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
  • Bernard Braden Bernard Braden Davis the News Editor
  • Reginald Beckwith Reginald Beckwith Harry
  • Gene Anderson Gene Anderson May
  • Renée Asherson Renée Asherson Angela
  • Arthur Christiansen 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
  • Austin Trevor Austin Trevor Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
  • Ian Ellis Michael Stenning (uncredited)
  • Geoffrey Chater Geoffrey Chater Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
  • Marianne Stone Marianne Stone Miss Evans (uncredited)
  • John Dearth John Dearth Dick (uncredited)
  • Edward Underdown Edward Underdown Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
  • Robin Hawdon Robin Hawdon Ronnie (uncredited)
  • George Merritt George Merritt Smudge (uncredited)
  • Verina Greenlaw Verina Greenlaw Trixie (uncredited)

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