The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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.

Science Fiction Drama

Janet Munro

(Jeannie Craig)

Leo McKern

(Bill Maguire)

Edward Judd

(Peter Stenning)

Michael Goodliffe

(Jacko Jackson the Night Editor)

Bernard Braden

(Davis the News Editor)

Reginald Beckwith

(Harry)

Gene Anderson

(May)

Renée Asherson

(Angela)

Arthur Christiansen

('Jeff' Jefferson - Editor)

Austin Trevor

(Sir John Kelly (uncredited))

Ian Ellis

(Michael Stenning (uncredited))

Geoffrey Chater

(Pat Holroyd (uncredited))

Marianne Stone

(Miss Evans (uncredited))

John Dearth

(Dick (uncredited))

Edward Underdown

(Dick Sanderson (uncredited))

Robin Hawdon

(Ronnie (uncredited))

George Merritt

(Smudge (uncredited))

Verina Greenlaw

(Trixie (uncredited))

Jane Aird

(Nanny (uncredited))

Timothy Bateson

(Printer (uncredited))

Reginald Marsh

(Picture Editor (uncredited))

Peter Blythe

(Copy Desk (uncredited))

Pamela Green

(Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited))

Michael Caine

(Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited))

Peter Butterworth

(2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited))

John Adams

(Constable (uncredited))

Avril Angers

(Mother (uncredited))

John Barron

(1st Sub-Editor (uncredited))

William Baskiville

(Policeman (uncredited))

Wallace Bosco

(Copy Boy (uncredited))

Jim Brady

(Man at Water Station (uncredited))

Robin Burns

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Alf Casha

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Norman Chappell

(Hotel Receptionist (uncredited))

Richard Coleman

(Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited))

Harold Coyne

(Editor (uncredited))

Maxwell Craig

(Harry's Club Patron (uncredited))

George Curtis

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Peter Evans

(Man in Pub (uncredited))

Geoffrey Frederick

(Mitchell (uncredited))

Dave Griffiths

(Workman (uncredited))

Aidan Harrington

(Editor (uncredited))

Ruth Harrison

(Woman in Crowd (uncredited))

Gordon Humphries

(Man at Water Station (uncredited))

Fred Johnson

(Archie (uncredited))

Gerry Judge

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Juba Kennerley

(Harry's Club Patron (uncredited))

Dan Lester

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Aileen Lewis

(Demonstrator (uncredited))

Leonard Llewellyn

(Editor (uncredited))

Larry Martyn

(Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited))

Jim McManus

(Man at Water Station (uncredited))

Don McMurray

(Man in Fight (uncredited))

Carmel McSharry

(Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited))

Michael McStay

(Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited))

Robert Moore

(Air Traffic Controller (uncredited))

Charles Morgan

(Foreign Editor (uncredited))

Cecil Paul

(Editor (uncredited))

Lisa Peake

(Girl (uncredited))

Frank Phillips

(Radio Announcer (uncredited))

Charles Price

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

John Rae

(Sarge the Doorman (uncredited))

Edith Raye

(Woman in Crowd (uncredited))

Bill Rayment

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Julie Samuel

(Young Girl (uncredited))

Frank Schock

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Jeff Shane

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Frank Sieman

(Print Room Manager (uncredited))

Jeff Silk

(Policeman (uncredited))

Graham Skidmore

(Bit Part (uncredited))

Terence Soall

(Bit Part (uncredited))

Guy Standeven

(Man at Funfair (uncredited))

John Tatham

(Policeman at Water Station (uncredited))

Joe Wadham

(Man in Crowd (uncredited))

Terry Walsh

(Man (uncredited))