MOVIE
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
The Day the Earth Caught Fire in its release era
Released in 1961, The Day the Earth Caught Fire sits inside the 1960s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1961-11-01
- TMDB score
- 6.8/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Kingdom
- Studio
- Pax Films
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Topicsnewspaperlondon, englandsunheatearthglobal warmingend of the worlddisaster