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The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British film of genre Drama directed by Val Guest released in USA on 14 march 1962 with Janet Munro
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 march 1962
Length 1h38
Directed by Val Guest
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about writers, Environmental films, Films about journalists, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Rating71%
The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961, and is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 23 November 1961.
The film, which was partly made on location in London and Brighton, used matte painting to create images of abandoned cities and desolate landscapes. The production also featured the real Daily Express, even using the paper's own headquarters, the Daily Express Building in Fleet Street, London.
Synopsis
A lone man walks through the sweltering streets of a deserted London. The film then goes back several months. Peter Stenning (Judd) was an up-and-coming journalist with the Daily Express but a messy divorce has thrown his life into disarray. His Editor (Christiansen) has begun giving him lousy assignments. He begins drinking too much. (One of his lines is, "Alcoholics of the press, unite!") Stenning's only friend, Bill Maguire (McKern), is a veteran Fleet Street reporter who offers him encouragement and occasionally covers for him by writing his copy.Actors
Janet Munro
(Jeannie Craig)
Leo McKern
(Bill Maguire)
Edward Judd
(Peter Stenning)
Renée Asherson
(Angela (uncredited))
Michael Goodliffe
(Jacko Jackson the Night Editor)
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