The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961)
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
Movie: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jeannie Craig
Bill Maguire
Peter Stenning
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Davis the News Editor
Harry
May
Angela
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
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