The Day The Earth Caught Fire
(1962)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
Stars: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden
Director: Val Guest
Writer: Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz
Language: English
Studio: Network
Duration: 99
Rated: PG
DVD Release: August 2001
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 | Jeannie Craig |
| Leo McKern | Bill Maguire |
| Edward Judd | Peter Stenning |
| Michael Goodliffe | 'Jacko', Night editor |
| Bernard Braden | News editor |
| Reginald Beckwith | Harry |
| Gene Anderson | May |
| Renée Asherson | Angela |
| John Barron | Sub-Editor |
| Michael Caine | Policeman |
| Arthur Christiansen | Editor (Jeff) |
| Austin Trevor | Sir John Kelly |
| Geoffrey Chater | Pat Holroyd |
| Pamela Green | Bit Part |
| Edward Underdown | Sanderson |
| Ian Ellis | Michael Stenning |
| Reginald Marsh | Newspaperman |
| Harry Waxman | Cinematographer |
| Carmel McSharry | Woman lost in fog |
| Bill Lenny | Editor |
| Marianne Stone | Miss Evans, Jeff's Secretary |
| John Rae | Daily Express doorman |
| George Merritt | Smudge |
| Verina Greenlaw | Trixie |
| Jim Brady | Man at Water Station |
| Timothy Bateson | Printer in Printroom |
| Jane Aird | Nanny |
| Peter Butterworth | Newspaperman |
| Peter Blythe | Copy Desk |
| Norman Chappell | Hotel Receptionist |
| John Dearth | Dick |
| Robin Hawdon | Ronnie |
| John Adams | Constable |
| Jim McManus | Man at Water Station |
| Charles Morgan | Foreign Editor |
| Avril Angers | Mother |
| William Baskiville | Policeman |
| Wallace Bosco | Copy Boy |
| Robin Burns | Man in Crowd |
| Alf Casha | Man in Crowd |
| Richard Coleman | Partner of Stenning's divorced wife |
| Harold Coyne | Editor |
| Maxwell Craig | Harry's Club Patron |
| Ruth Harrison | Woman in Crowd |
| George Curtis | Man in Crowd |
| Peter Evans | Man in Pub |
| Geoffrey Frederick | Mitchell |
| Dave Griffiths | Workman |
| Aidan Harrington | Editor |
| Gordon Humphries | Man at Water Station |
| Fred Johnson | Archie |
| Gerry Judge | Man in Crowd |
| Juba Kennerley | Harry's Club Patron |
| Dan Lester | Man in Crowd |
| Aileen Lewis | Demonstrator |
| Larry Martyn | Argumentative Man at Washing Centre |
| Leonard Llewellyn | Editor |
| Don McMurray | Man in Fight |
| Michael McStay | Policeman at Washing Centre |
| Jim O'Brady | Man at Water Station |
| Cecil Paul | Editor |
| Robert Moore | Air Traffic Controller |
| Lisa Peake | Girl |
| Charles Price | Man in Crowd |
| Edith Raye | Woman in Crowd |
| Frank Phillips | Radio Announcer |
| Bill Rayment | Man in Crowd |
| Julie Samuel | Young girl |
| Frank Schock | Man in Crowd |
| Jeff Shane | Man in Crowd |
| Jeff Silk | Policeman |
| Graham Skidmore | Bit Part |
| Terence Soall | Undetermined Role |
| Frank Sieman | Print Room Manager |
| Guy Standeven | Man at Funfair |
| John Tatham | Policeman at Water Station |
| Joe Wadham | Man in Crowd |
| Terry Walsh | Man |
| Stanley Black | Composer |
| Anthony Masters | Art Director |
| Beatrice Dawson | Custome Designer |
Genre: Sci-fi
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0054790
