← Back to Movies

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Cast

Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe View All

Crew

Wolf Mankowitz (Writer), Val Guest (Director), Val Guest (Writer) View All

Release: Nov. 1st, 1961

Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes

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.

Average Rating:

Replies Discussions

We didn't find any linked discussions for this film. Here are the results of a quick search of possibly related threads:

9 Comedy I caught a piece of in the 90's

but I think it may be a little older than that. It was in color for sure. All I really remember seeing myself was the ending, where a young white man with torn up clothing is walking off into the su...

21 Tom Cruise and David Beckham caught in bed together

Tom Cruise David Beckham caught in the act ? Shocking claim why Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced in the first place Tom Cruise and David Beckham bromance evolved into something Katie Holmes could n...

2 Guy and girl get caught in woods and guy finds out he has powers

A guy and a girl running through the woods being chased, they get caught and when the bad guy goes to try and mess with the guy the other guy goes crazy and turns out he has powers...

4 Spy/CIA hollywood action movie. Character gets caught on Island.

This movie came out about 2015. The movie starts with the male protagonist getting an unknown woman accidentally involved, because they think he has been compromised and that she is part of what is ha...

7 Caught Stealing - Darren Aronofsky pic starring Austin Butler

Austin Butler To Star In Sony�s �Caught Stealing� Adaptation With Darren Aronofsky Directing After strong start to 2024 with Masters of the Air and Dune Part 2, Oscar-nominee Au...

Reviewed by

christine
The film is set in the contemporary London of the very early 60s, and uses the device of the newspaper office to give the film the excitement of facts being rooted out by investigation and leaks, then being published in that days edition.

READ REVIEW

Citizen Rules
Director: Val Guest Writers: Wolf Mankowitz & Val Guest (screenplay) Cast: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern Genre: Sci-f.