The Day the Earth Caught Fire

November. 01,1961      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Reginald Beckwith as  Harry
Gene Anderson as  May
Austin Trevor as  Sir John Kelly
Geoffrey Chater as  Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Renée Asherson as  Angela (uncredited)

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