THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE
1961

PLOT:
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right.
Hysterical panic engulfes the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and cause the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

CAST:
Janet Munro ... Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern ... Bill Maguire
Edward Judd ... Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe ... Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden ... Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith ... Harry
Gene Anderson ... May
Renée Asherson ... Angela
Arthur Christiansen ... Jeff Jefferson the Editor
Austin Trevor ... Sir John Kelly
Edward Underdown ... Sanderson
Ian Ellis ... Michael Stenning

There are no end credits whatsoever (not even a "The End" caption); merely a fade to black.

Directed by Val Guest

RUNNING TIME: 98 MIN