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 |
| Arthur Christiansen | Editor (Jeff) |
| Michael Caine | Policeman |
| Austin Trevor | Sir John Kelly |
| Geoffrey Chater | Pat Holroyd |
| Edward Underdown | Sanderson |
| Pamela Green | Bit Part |
| Reginald Marsh | Newspaperman |
| Ian Ellis | Michael Stenning |
| Harry Waxman | Cinematographer |
| Carmel McSharry | Woman lost in fog |
| Marianne Stone | Miss Evans, Jeff's Secretary |
| John Rae | Daily Express doorman |
| Bill Lenny | Editor |
| George Merritt | Smudge |
| Jim Brady | Man at Water Station |
| Verina Greenlaw | Trixie |
| Jane Aird | Nanny |
| Timothy Bateson | Printer in Printroom |
| 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 |
| Ruth Harrison | Woman 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 |
| Robert Moore | Air Traffic Controller |
| Cecil Paul | Editor |
| 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
