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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Home Drama The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) is a depressed British reporter who gets by with the help of his friend, veteran journalist Bill Maguire (Leo McKern). Along with weather forecaster Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro), Peter and Bill discover that simultaneous U.S. and Russian nuclear explosions have drastically altered the earth's rotation. Fires and earthquakes ravage cities all over the world, and chaos and sickness descend upon the frightened survivors as they try to put the planet back on its axis.

Drama

Directed by

Val Guest

Starring

Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden