The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961 film)

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film science fiction film

The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British science fiction disaster film that follows the global chaos and climate catastrophe triggered when simultaneous nuclear tests knock the Earth off its axis.

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire	6
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
award	1962 BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedInPartOn	experiences of Daily Express journalists ⓘ
castMember	Arthur Christiansen NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin Trevor NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Braden NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Judd NERFINISHED ⓘ Janet Munro NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo McKern NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Goodliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Beckwith NERFINISHED ⓘ Renee Asherson NERFINISHED ⓘ
certificate	X (UK original release) ⓘ
cinematographer	Harry Waxman NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Stanley Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Val Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Allied Artists Pictures (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ British Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
editor	Bill Lenny NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat	black-and-white ⓘ
filmingLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
genre	disaster ⓘ drama ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasColorSequence	tinted opening and closing sequences ⓘ
mainCharacter	Bill Maguire NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeannie Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Stenning NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	journalistic ⓘ
notableFor	ambiguous ending about Earth’s fate ⓘ depiction of nuclear testing consequences ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	Simultaneous nuclear tests alter the Earth’s orbit and axis, causing worldwide climatic disasters ⓘ
portrays	Earth knocked off its axis ⓘ global climate catastrophe ⓘ
producer	Ted Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Val Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	British Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1961-08-27 ⓘ
releaseYear	1961 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 99 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Val Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolf Mankowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Daily Express newspaper office ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London