The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Cast

Michael Caine
as Checkpoint Policeman
Janet Munro
as Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
as Bill Maguire
Renée Asherson
as Angela

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Genres & Description

Action Drama Romance Sci-Fi

7.2 / 10

Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices causing a change to the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.

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Matt Marriott

GOOGLE any of these lines in quotes Super blue blood moon followed by a month of darkness: first time ever Jan 31 2018. Since God created humans, nearly 6,000 years ago, there were many months without a full moon and yet the name was always the same: February. But NEVER EVER did this happen immediately after a super blue blood moon. In other words: after 5777 years for the first time a super blue blood moon appears on the last day of January. - @Saturday, January 27, 2018 2:19 PM

liduck52

Some like it hot. Just not this hot. - @Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:20 PM

Jerome Collins

Rumpole! I never thought he was ever a young man. - @Thursday, August 24, 2017 7:48 PM

silverbird58

good flick - @Monday, January 11, 2016 6:26 PM

pier shaw

Ahh wheres the full movie I told everyone about this grate movie - @Friday, May 16, 2014 1:20 AM

fred Lastfred

This may not have been done a big budget. But the story and dialogue is top shelf. Well worth seeing. - @Thursday, April 24, 2014 1:15 AM

Steven Brant

Masterfully done! Played straight and - because it's set in the heart of a newspaper (back when newspapers really printed serious news) - you feel the anxiety of those whose jobs are to report what is the biggest story ever to hit mankind! - @Saturday, February 8, 2014 3:48 AM

sinz52

The best movie about global warming, produced before anyone had ever heard about global warming. - @Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:09 PM

MrCyclist68

Michael Caine is uncredited as a police man guiding traffic at the park gates. I think a very young Diana Dores plays a nurse seated at a desk. Both have only one line. I love this film and along with the original "war of the worlds", one of two films I watch at least half a dozen times a year. - @Sunday, September 29, 2013 5:08 PM

Ashley DICKENSON

He directed Will Hay, one of my favourite comedians! - @Monday, September 16, 2013 8:25 PM

Blob Blotto

Everyone! We've Finally Done It! - @Friday, June 14, 2013 10:47 PM

QuorkEx

Great movie, very much a forgotten gem - @Saturday, September 8, 2012 1:54 AM

xitp7

No,it was not an edit.The British version had bastards,the americans changed that to bunglers.If it had been kept in it would have been given a r rating in the states.More difficult to make money! - @Saturday, July 21, 2012 10:46 PM

Allyaster

Nice edit there from "Bastards" in the film to "Bunglers" in the trailer. - @Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:39 AM

Earthsounds

nobody speaks normally in this movie. strange acting insider - @Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:59 PM

Sidney Mitchell

I SEEN THIS ALREADY ITS GOOD - @Saturday, August 6, 2011 1:35 AM

ambyyy1

@jimkelly49 How ironic, it got destroyed in a fire!!! It's probably on Amazon. Check it out. I loved that film. - @Friday, August 5, 2011 10:58 PM

Fridaey13txhOktober

Al Gore's favourit movie. :D - @Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:04 PM

TheStevewhelan

And did you spot Michael Caine...? - @Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:56 PM

Sidney Mitchell

@grumpygrapefruit ihad the dvd or copy had a fire and it got destory i got it from the library her in pa - @Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:10 AM

John Ferrer

Cool - @Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:30 PM

Mike Jones

Fantastic film. Thanks for posting this. - @Thursday, September 4, 2008 4:07 PM