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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Directed by Val Guest
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Overview
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Janet Munro | Leo McKern | Edward Judd | Michael Goodliffe | Bernard Braden | Reginald Beckwith | Gene Anderson | Renée Asherson | Arthur Christiansen | Austin Trevor | Ian Ellis | Geoffrey Chater | Marianne Stone | John Dearth | Edward Underdown | Robin Hawdon | George Merritt | Verina Greenlaw | Jane Aird | Timothy Bateson | Reginald Marsh | Peter Blythe | Pamela Green | Michael Caine | Peter Butterworth | John Adams | Avril Angers | John Barron | William Baskiville | Wallace Bosco | Jim O'Brady | Robin Burns | Alf Casha | Norman Chappell | Richard Coleman | Harold Coyne | Maxwell Craig | George Curtis | Peter Evans | Geoffrey Frederick | Dave Griffiths | Aidan Harrington | Ruth Harrison | Gordon Humphries | Fred Johnson | Gerry Judge | Juba Kennerley | Dan Lester | Aileen Lewis | Leonard Llewellyn | Larry Martyn | Jim McManus | Don McMurray | Carmel McSharry | Michael McStay | Robert Moore | Charles Morgan | Cecil Paul | Lisa Peake | Frank Phillips | Charles Price | John Rae | Edith Raye | Bill Rayment | Julie Samuel | Frank Schock | Jeff Shane | Frank Sieman | Jeff Silk | Graham Skidmore | Terence Soall | Guy Standeven | John Tatham | Joe Wadham | Terry Walsh
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/21/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
The DKUTV Space Station Europa feature for the evening and yet another one I hadn’t seen. This is a pretty cool flick that does an in medias res before going back to when this catastrophe began. That’s the majority of the movie, what led to the end of the world or at least this post-apocalyptic scenario. It’s a wild disaster flick to view now in the midst of the pandemic we’re currently facing. You see the same types of attitudes in this movie in how ppl will deal with a global disaster.
This was the BFI release and it looked very nice. Some good FX used plus miniatures. There’s a great shot of the newspaper press where they have two versions of the front page ready to go depending on the outcome of the solution they propose to stop the destruction.
4 years ago
Pissed I missed this!