The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Name: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director: Val Guest
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1961-11-01
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.807
Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden

Directed by Val Guest

Science Fiction

Drama

19611h 38m6.8

Overview

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.