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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
- Duration: 01:38:00
- Year: 1961
- Rating: NR
- Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden, Reginald Beckwith, Gene Anderson, Renée Asherson, Arthur Christiansen, John Adams, Jane Aird, Avril Angers, John Barron, William Baskiville, Timothy Bateson, Peter Blythe, Wallace Bosco, Robin Burns, Peter Butterworth, Michael Caine, Alf Casha, Norman Chappell, Geoffrey Chater, Richard Coleman, Harold Coyne, Maxwell Craig, George Curtis, John Dearth, Ian Ellis, Peter Evans, Geoffrey Frederick, Pamela Green, Verina Greenlaw, Dave Griffiths, Aidan Harrington, Robin Hawdon, Gordon Humphries, Fred Johnson, Gerry Judge, Juba Kennerley, Dan Lester, Aileen Lewis, Leonard Llewellyn, Reginald Marsh, Jim McManus, Carmel McSharry, George Merritt, Charles Morgan, Jim O'Brady, Cecil Paul, Lisa Peake, Charles Price, John Rae, Edith Raye, Bill Rayment, Julie Samuel, Frank Schock, Jeff Shane, Jeff Silk, Graham Skidmore, Terence Soall, Guy Standeven, Marianne Stone, John Tatham, Austin Trevor, Edward Underdown, Joe Wadham, Terry Walsh
- Directors: Val Guest
- Writers: Wolf Mankowitz, Val Guest
- Genre: Cult Classic, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi|Atomic Bombs
This surprisingly well-made low-budget film is a sci-fi disaster film offering a double whammy of atomic age fears. When the United States and Russia test nuclear bombs simultaneously, the Earth is knocked off its axis and begins rapidly hurtling towards the sun.