The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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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.

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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

Arthur Christiansen

'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

Ronnie (uncredited)

George Merritt

Smudge (uncredited)

Verina Greenlaw

Trixie (uncredited)

Jane Aird

Nanny (uncredited)

Timothy Bateson

Printer (uncredited)

Reginald Marsh

Picture Editor (uncredited)

Peter Blythe

Copy Desk (uncredited)

Pamela Green

Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth

2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)

Avril Angers

Mother (uncredited)

John Barron

1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)

William Baskiville

Policeman (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Jim O'Brady

Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Robin Burns

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Alf Casha

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Norman Chappell

Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

Richard Coleman

Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)

Harold Coyne

Editor (uncredited)

Maxwell Craig

Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

Peter Evans

Man in Pub (uncredited)

Geoffrey Frederick

Mitchell (uncredited)

Dave Griffiths

Workman (uncredited)

Aidan Harrington

Editor (uncredited)

Ruth Harrison

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Gordon Humphries

Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Fred Johnson

Archie (uncredited)

Gerry Judge

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Juba Kennerley

Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis

Demonstrator (uncredited)

Leonard Llewellyn

Editor (uncredited)

Larry Martyn

Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)

Jim McManus

Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Carmel McSharry

Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)

Michael McStay

Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)

Robert Moore

Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

Charles Morgan

Foreign Editor (uncredited)

Lisa Peake

Girl (uncredited)

Frank Phillips

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Charles Price

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

John Rae

Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)

Julie Samuel

Young Girl (uncredited)

Frank Schock

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Frank Sieman

Print Room Manager (uncredited)

Jeff Silk

Policeman (uncredited)

Graham Skidmore

Bit Part (uncredited)

Terence Soall

Bit Part (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Man at Funfair (uncredited)

John Tatham

Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)

Joe Wadham

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Terry Walsh

Man (uncredited)

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