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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
6.8(183)19611h 38m
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.
- Director
- Val Guest
- Writers
- Val Guest,Wolf Mankowitz
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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)
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Crew
Directing
- Val GuestDirector
- Philip ShipwayAssistant Director
- Terry LensSecond Assistant Director
- Bernard WilliamsThird Assistant Director
- Pamela CarltonContinuity
Writing
- Val GuestWriter
- Wolf MankowitzWriter
Production
- Val GuestProducer
- F. Sherwin GreenAssociate Producer
- Clifton BrandonProduction Manager
- Jill LangleyProduction Secretary
Camera
- Harry WaxmanDirector of Photography
- Moray GrantCamera Operator
- Wally ByattFocus Puller
- James DevisFocus Puller
- John JayStill Photographer
- Jimmy StilwellClapper Loader
Editing
- Bill LennyEditor
- Mike RoundFirst Assistant Editor
Sound
- Chris GreenhamADR & Dubbing
- Stanley BlackOriginal Music Composer
- Buster AmblerSound Recordist
- John AldredADR Mixer
- Peter DukelowBoom Operator
- Stanley BlackMusic Director
Art
- Anthony MastersArt Direction
- Scott SlimonSet Decoration
- Martin AtkinsonDraughtsman
- Bill BennisonDraughtsman
- Harry ParrProperty Buyer
- Geoffrey TozerAssistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
- Beatrice DawsonCostume Design
- Tony SforziniMakeup Artist
- Joyce JamesHairstylist
- Dulcie MidwinterWardrobe Master
- Joyce StonemanWardrobe Assistant
Visual Effects
- Doug FerrisMatte Painter
Crew
- Les BowieSpecial Effects
- Peter MelroseScenic Artist
- Peter MullinsScenic Artist
- Pat CarrSpecial Effects Assistant
- Brian JohnsonSpecial Effects Assistant
- Monty NormanAdditional Music
- Arthur ChristiansenTechnical Advisor