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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Release Date:March 14, 1962

Running Time:98 min

Genres:Drama, Science Fiction

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Cast

Janet Munro Leo McKern Edward Judd Michael Goodliffe Bernard Braden Reginald Beckwith Gene Anderson Renée Asherson Arthur Christiansen Austin Trevor Ian Ellis Geoffrey Chater

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Synopsis

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.

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