The Day the Earth Caught Fire (movie)
- User score: 6.8
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: Val Guest
- Production companies: Pax Films
- Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
- Release date: 11/1/1961
- Run time: 98 min.
Movie description
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.
