The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire by Val Guest

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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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Cast

Janet Munro

Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern

Leo McKern as Bill Maguire

Edward Judd

Edward Judd as Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden

Bernard Braden as Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith as Harry

Gene Anderson

Gene Anderson as May

Renée Asherson

Renée Asherson as Angela

Arthur Christiansen

Arthur Christiansen as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor as Sir John Kelly (uncredited)

Ian Ellis

Ian Ellis as Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater as Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone as Miss Evans (uncredited)

John Dearth

John Dearth as Dick (uncredited)

Edward Underdown

Edward Underdown as Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon

Robin Hawdon as Ronnie (uncredited)

George Merritt

George Merritt as Smudge (uncredited)

Verina Greenlaw

Verina Greenlaw as Trixie (uncredited)

Jane Aird

Jane Aird as Nanny (uncredited)

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson as Printer (uncredited)

Reginald Marsh

Reginald Marsh as Picture Editor (uncredited)

Peter Blythe

Peter Blythe as Copy Desk (uncredited)

Pamela Green

Pamela Green as Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Michael Caine as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth

Peter Butterworth as 2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)

John Adams

John Adams as Constable (uncredited)

Avril Angers

Avril Angers as Mother (uncredited)

John Barron

John Barron as 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)

William Baskiville

William Baskiville as Policeman (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Wallace Bosco as Copy Boy (uncredited)

Jim Brady

Jim Brady as Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Robin Burns

Robin Burns as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Alf Casha

Alf Casha as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Norman Chappell

Norman Chappell as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

Richard Coleman

Richard Coleman as Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)

Harold Coyne

Harold Coyne as Editor (uncredited)

Maxwell Craig

Maxwell Craig as Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

George Curtis

George Curtis as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Peter Evans

Peter Evans as Man in Pub (uncredited)

Geoffrey Frederick

Geoffrey Frederick as Mitchell (uncredited)

Dave Griffiths

Dave Griffiths as Workman (uncredited)

Aidan Harrington

Aidan Harrington as Editor (uncredited)

Ruth Harrison

Ruth Harrison as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Gordon Humphries

Gordon Humphries as Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Fred Johnson

Fred Johnson as Archie (uncredited)

Gerry Judge

Gerry Judge as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Juba Kennerley

Juba Kennerley as Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)

Dan Lester

Dan Lester as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis

Aileen Lewis as Demonstrator (uncredited)

Leonard Llewellyn

Leonard Llewellyn as Editor (uncredited)

Larry Martyn

Larry Martyn as Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)

Jim McManus

Jim McManus as Man at Water Station (uncredited)

Don McMurray

Don McMurray as Man in Fight (uncredited)

Carmel McSharry

Carmel McSharry as Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)

Michael McStay

Michael McStay as Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)

Robert Moore

Robert Moore as Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan as Foreign Editor (uncredited)

Cecil Paul

Cecil Paul as Editor (uncredited)

Lisa Peake

Lisa Peake as Girl (uncredited)

Frank Phillips

Frank Phillips as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Charles Price

Charles Price as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

John Rae

John Rae as Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)

Edith Raye

Edith Raye as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Bill Rayment

Bill Rayment as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Julie Samuel

Julie Samuel as Young Girl (uncredited)

Frank Schock

Frank Schock as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Jeff Shane

Jeff Shane as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Frank Sieman

Frank Sieman as Print Room Manager (uncredited)

Jeff Silk

Jeff Silk as Policeman (uncredited)

Graham Skidmore

Graham Skidmore as Bit Part (uncredited)

Terence Soall

Terence Soall as Bit Part (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Guy Standeven as Man at Funfair (uncredited)

John Tatham

John Tatham as Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)

Joe Wadham

Joe Wadham as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh as Man (uncredited)

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