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 |
| John Barron | Sub-Editor |
| Renée Asherson | Angela |
| Michael Caine | Policeman |
| Arthur Christiansen | Editor (Jeff) |
| Geoffrey Chater | Pat Holroyd |
| Austin Trevor | Sir John Kelly |
| 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 |
| Timothy Bateson | Printer in Printroom |
| Jane Aird | Nanny |
| Peter Butterworth | Newspaperman |
| Norman Chappell | Hotel Receptionist |
| Peter Blythe | Copy Desk |
| John Dearth | Dick |
| Robin Hawdon | Ronnie |
| Jim McManus | Man at Water Station |
| John Adams | Constable |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Leonard Llewellyn | Editor |
| Jim O'Brady | Man at Water Station |
| Cecil Paul | Editor |
| Lisa Peake | Girl |
| Charles Price | Man in Crowd |
| Edith Raye | Woman in Crowd |
| 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 |
| Guy Standeven | Man at Funfair |
| John Tatham | Policeman at Water Station |
| Joe Wadham | Man in Crowd |
| Terry Walsh | Man |
Genre: Sci-fi
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0054790
