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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

★ 6.8/10 98 min Science Fiction, Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Val Guest
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The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!

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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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Janet Munro
Janet Munro Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
Leo McKern Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
Edward Judd Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe
Michael Goodliffe Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
Bernard Braden Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
Reginald Beckwith Harry
Gene Anderson
Gene Anderson May
Renée Asherson
Renée Asherson Angela

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