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The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961

98 min TMDB 6.8 Science Fiction Drama

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 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

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