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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1961-11-01
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: Pax Films,


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.

Director / Directors

Val Guest
Director
Philip Shipway
Assistant Director
Terry Lens
Second Assistant Director

Bernard Williams
Third Assistant Director
Pamela Carlton
Continuity


Cast

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

Michael Goodliffe
Character: Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
Character: Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
Character: Harry

Gene Anderson
Character: May
Renée Asherson
Character: Angela
Arthur Christiansen
Character: 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor
Character: Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Ian Ellis
Character: Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
Character: Pat Holroyd (uncredited)

Marianne Stone
Character: Miss Evans (uncredited)
John Dearth
Character: Dick (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
Character: Dick Sanderson (uncredited)

Robin Hawdon
Character: Ronnie (uncredited)
George Merritt
Character: Smudge (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw
Character: Trixie (uncredited)

Jane Aird
Character: Nanny (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
Character: Printer (uncredited)
Reginald Marsh
Character: Picture Editor (uncredited)

Peter Blythe
Character: Copy Desk (uncredited)
Pamela Green
Character: Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Character: Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth
Character: 2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
John Adams
Character: Constable (uncredited)
Avril Angers
Character: Mother (uncredited)

John Barron
Character: 1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
William Baskiville
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Character: Copy Boy (uncredited)

Jim Brady
Character: Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Alf Casha
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Norman Chappell
Character: Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
Character: Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)
Harold Coyne
Character: Editor (uncredited)

Maxwell Craig
Character: Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
George Curtis
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Peter Evans
Character: Man in Pub (uncredited)

Geoffrey Frederick
Character: Mitchell (uncredited)
Dave Griffiths
Character: Workman (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
Character: Editor (uncredited)

Ruth Harrison
Character: Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Gordon Humphries
Character: Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
Character: Archie (uncredited)

Gerry Judge
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Character: Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Dan Lester
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis
Character: Demonstrator (uncredited)
Leonard Llewellyn
Character: Editor (uncredited)
Larry Martyn
Character: Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)

Jim McManus
Character: Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Don McMurray
Character: Man in Fight (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
Character: Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)

Michael McStay
Character: Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Robert Moore
Character: Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
Charles Morgan
Character: Foreign Editor (uncredited)

Cecil Paul
Character: Editor (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
Character: Girl (uncredited)
Frank Phillips
Character: Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Charles Price
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
John Rae
Character: Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)
Edith Raye
Character: Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Bill Rayment
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Julie Samuel
Character: Young Girl (uncredited)
Frank Schock
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Jeff Shane
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Frank Sieman
Character: Print Room Manager (uncredited)
Jeff Silk
Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Graham Skidmore
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Terence Soall
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Character: Man at Funfair (uncredited)

John Tatham
Character: Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Terry Walsh
Character: Man (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Harry Waxman
Director of Photography

Anthony Masters
Art Direction
Val Guest
Producer

Les Bowie
Special Effects
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Design
Moray Grant
Camera Operator

Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Chris Greenham
ADR & Dubbing
Scott Slimon
Set Decoration

Joyce James
Hairstylist
F. Sherwin Green
Associate Producer
Stanley Black
Original Music Composer

Clifton Brandon
Production Manager
Martin Atkinson
Draughtsman
Bill Bennison
Draughtsman

Peter Melrose
Scenic Artist
Peter Mullins
Scenic Artist
Harry Parr
Property Buyer

Geoffrey Tozer
Assistant Art Director
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
John Aldred
ADR Mixer

Peter Dukelow
Boom Operator
Pat Carr
Special Effects Assistant
Brian Johnson
Special Effects Assistant

Doug Ferris
Matte Painter
Wally Byatt
Focus Puller
James Devis
Focus Puller

John Jay
Still Photographer
Jimmy Stilwell
Clapper Loader
Dulcie Midwinter
Wardrobe Master

Joyce Stoneman
Wardrobe Assistant
Mike Round
First Assistant Editor
Stanley Black
Music Director

Monty Norman
Additional Music
Jill Langley
Production Secretary
Arthur Christiansen
Technical Advisor