- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Release: 1962-05-01
- Director: Val Guest
- Writers: Wolf Mankowitz , Val Guest
- Language: English
- Stars: Edward Judd (1932–2009) , Janet Munro , Leo McKern (1920–2002) , Michael Goodliffe , Bernard Braden , Reginald Beckwith , Gene Anderson , Renée Asherson , Arthur Christiansen , John Adams
- Runtime: 99 min
- Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
- AKA: The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Australia) , Όταν η Γη πήρε φωτιά (Greece) , The Day the Earth Caught Fire , A nap, amikor a Föld lángra lobbant (Hungary) , Dzień, w którym Ziemia stanęła w ogniu (Poland) , El día en que la Tierra se incendió (Spain) , Världens undergång (Finland) , Le jour où la terre brûlera (Belgium) , El día que la Tierra se incendió (Peru) , The Day the Earth Caught Fire (United States of America) , Dagen jorden ble satt i brann (Norway) , Le Jour où la Terre prit feu (France, French Republic) , ...e la Terra prese fuoco (Italy) , El día en que la Tierra se incendió (Panama) , Maailmanloppu (Finland) , El día que la Tierra se incendió (Mexico) , Ziua in care a fost incendiat Pamantul (Romania) , O Dia em Que a Terra se Incendiou (Brazil) , Jordens sista dag (Sweden) , Wanneer de wereld zal vergaan (Belgium) , Der Tag, an dem die Erde Feuer fing , The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Canada) , The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Ireland) , Den sidste paddehat (Denmark) , O Mundo em Chamas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , День, когда загорелась Земля , The Day the Earth Caught Fire (United Kingdom) , Der Tag, an dem die Erde Feuer fing (Germany)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0054790
The Day the Earth Caught Fire Cast · · · ALL
Val Guest
Director
Janet Munro
Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
(1920–2002)
Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
(1932–2009)
Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
Harry
Gene Anderson
May
Arthur Christiansen
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Austin Trevor
Sir John Kelly
Ian Ellis
Michael Stenning
Geoffrey Chater
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Renée Asherson
Angela (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)