The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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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  Janet Munro

  Jeannie Craig
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  Leo McKern

  Bill Maguire
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  Edward Judd

  Peter Stenning
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  Michael Goodliffe

  Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
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  Bernard Braden

  Davis the News Editor
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  Reginald Beckwith

  Harry
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  Gene Anderson

  May
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  Renée Asherson

  Angela
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  Austin Trevor

  Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
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  Geoffrey Chater

  Pat Holroyd (uncredited)