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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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Release Date: November 1, 1961
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Duration: 1h 38m
Rating: 6.8/10
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden

Storyline

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.