The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Name: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director: Val Guest
Released: 1961
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe, Arthur Christiansen

1961 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 6,534 VOTES · DIR. Val Guest

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,827 lines

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00:01:02 19 minutes.

00:06:42 Mr Sanderson's asking for you, Mr Stenning.

00:09:45 Get me the Met Centre, please.

00:13:41 - Come this way, please, Mr Stenning. - Normally, darling, it would be a pleasure

00:17:13 Okay, George. Know what it is?

00:21:00 What about you, Mr Stenning?

00:24:54 I don't care a tinker's damn about this eclipse of the sun as such.

00:29:39 You shouldn't take him into that place, Mr Stenning

00:33:45 - (HONKING) - Let's get out of the road.

00:37:21 (FOGHORN BLOWS)

00:40:33 I want to give it saturation coverage.

00:44:41 I've been on a hike where all streets turn left and all roads lead to home.

00:49:00 Maybe I will.

00:54:17 in the secret places of the Earth

00:57:43 That's up to you, chum.

01:01:08 I didn't understand very much of it, but what I did understand...

01:05:46 You've got the head weathercock

01:09:32 If they're gonna charge anyone, it should be me.

01:14:45 I just don't get this lack of water.

01:18:15 They held an international press conference. Had their top scientists present.

01:21:40 Yeah.

01:26:38 MAN ON RADIO: This is London.

01:30:37 - Okay, let this one through! - Thanks.

01:35:30 MAY: Can't think what you want to listen in for, anyway.

Cast & Characters

Edward Judd Peter Stenning Janet Munro Jeannie Craig Leo McKern Bill Maguire Michael Goodliffe 'Jacko' Jackson - Night Editor Arthur Christiansen 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor Bernard Braden 'Dave' Davis - News Editor Reginald Beckwith Harry Gene Anderson May Renée Asherson Angela John Adams Constable

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,827

Dialogue density18.6 lines / min

First line00:01:02

Final line01:35:30

Production Record

DirectorVal Guest

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes6,534