The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961

The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!

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Science Fiction Drama

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.

Release Date 1961-11-01
Runtime 1h 38m
Directors Harry Waxman, Val Guest
Producer Val Guest
Writers Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz