The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIVEBLE becomes True!
Directed by	Val Guest
Produced by	Val Guest and Frank Sherwin Green
Written by	Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest
Starring	Janet Munro, Leo McKern
Music by	Stanley Black
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Editing by	Bill Lenny
Distributed by	Universal International Pictures
Released	1961
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Running time	98 min
Language	English
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IMDb profile

The Day the Earth Caught Fire is an British movie from 1961. The genre is Sci-Fi, Drama and Romance. It is rated PG in UK and is in Black and White and mono. Val Guest (born December 11, 1911) is a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for the Hammer company in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s. ... Val Guest (born December 11, 1911) is a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for the Hammer company in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s. ... Val Guest (born December 11, 1911) is a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for the Hammer company in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s. ... Image:Number Two. ... Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is an informal designation for NBC Universal Inc. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ...

Synopsis

Soviet and USA have detonated many nuclear bombs, which has led to the Earth has come out of orbit and is now getting nearer and nearer towards the sun. The heating from the sun causes the water on Earth to evaporate, and the governments have to rationate water. Scientists find out that there is only one way to bring Earth back in it's orbit again, and that is to detonate some new nuclear bombs. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... Earth is the third planet from the Sun. ... Earth is the third planet from the Sun. ...

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