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The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961)

6.8(168)
1h 38m
1961-11-01

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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Top Cast

Janet Munro
Janet Munro
Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
Leo McKern
Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
Edward Judd
Peter Stenning

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newspaperlondon, englandsunheatearthglobal warmingend of the worlddisasterblack and whitedisaster moviedyaliscope

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