The Day the Earth Caught Fire
6.8
98 minutes
11/1/1961
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.
Cast List
Janet Munro
as Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
as Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
as Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
as Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
as Harry
Gene Anderson
as May
Renée Asherson
as Angela
Arthur Christiansen
as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Austin Trevor
as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Ian Ellis
as Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
as Miss Evans (uncredited)
John Dearth
as Dick (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon
as Ronnie (uncredited)
George Merritt
as Smudge (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw
as Trixie (uncredited)
Jane Aird
as Nanny (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
as Printer (uncredited)
Reginald Marsh
as Picture Editor (uncredited)
Peter Blythe
as Copy Desk (uncredited)
Pamela Green
as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Michael Caine
as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
as 2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
John Adams
as Constable (uncredited)
Avril Angers
as Mother (uncredited)
John Barron
as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
William Baskiville
as Policeman (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Robin Burns
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Alf Casha
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Norman Chappell
as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
as Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)
Harold Coyne
as Editor (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
as Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
George Curtis
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Peter Evans
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
Geoffrey Frederick
as Mitchell (uncredited)
Dave Griffiths
as Workman (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
as Editor (uncredited)
Ruth Harrison
as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Gordon Humphries
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
as Archie (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
as Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Dan Lester
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
as Demonstrator (uncredited)
Leonard Llewellyn
as Editor (uncredited)
Larry Martyn
as Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Jim McManus
as Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Don McMurray
as Man in Fight (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
as Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Michael McStay
as Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Robert Moore
as Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
Charles Morgan
as Foreign Editor (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
as Editor (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
as Girl (uncredited)
Frank Phillips
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Charles Price
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
John Rae
as Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)
Edith Raye
as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Bill Rayment
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Julie Samuel
as Young Girl (uncredited)
Frank Schock
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Jeff Shane
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Frank Sieman
as Print Room Manager (uncredited)
Jeff Silk
as Policeman (uncredited)
Graham Skidmore
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Terence Soall
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Man at Funfair (uncredited)
John Tatham
as Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Terry Walsh
as Man (uncredited)