The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 · directed by Val Guest
- Rating
- 76/100
- Hit
- no
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.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), directed by Val Guest, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Janet Munro
- Leo McKern
- Edward Judd
- Michael Goodliffe
- Bernard Braden
- Reginald Beckwith
- Gene Anderson
- Renée Asherson
- Arthur Christiansen
- Austin Trevor
Crew
- Harry Waxman — Director of Photography
- Bill Lenny — Editor
- Stanley Black — Original Music Composer
- Val Guest — Writer
- Wolf Mankowitz — Writer
More from Val Guest
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) — 76/100
- Quatermass 2 (1957) — 73/100
- The Abominable Snowman (1957) — 63/100
- Casino Royale (1967) — 45/100
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) — 40/100
How these numbers work: Methodology