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The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961)
Status: Released
Date: 1961-11-01
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167 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Pax Films
Movie: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Austin Trevor
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
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