The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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.
00:06:47 - I think he was in a hurry, sir. - Yes, well, you just tell him I'll be coming up
00:10:01 You know what I think?
00:13:55 different from all the others we've managed to survive?
00:17:41 Yep, in 10 minutes. Okay.
00:21:23 - Like you? - Yeah. Sometimes I think I could.
00:25:27 that information's being withheld in Downing Street.
00:30:41 Come the revolution, and we'll all have Sunday off.
00:34:40 Looks spooky, doesn't it?
00:38:20 Lady says you gotta go, you gotta go.
00:41:36 - Any angles? - Oh, a couple.
00:46:08 So, are you pro-police or anti-police?
00:50:50 But just to even things up
00:55:58 I hope nobody kicks about the price.
00:59:10 Listen, I'll take an early lunch.
01:02:48 Where did you get this story, Stenning?
01:07:40 nearer to the polar circle
01:13:07 Can we change the subject?
01:16:37 They'll have made special arrangements.
01:20:23 Yes. The temperatures at which everything, from steel to my glass eye, starts to melt.
01:24:36 Yeah, maybe sometime.
01:29:19 All aboard for the moon. You want the best dead planets, we are them.
01:34:00 I don't want it to.
05:00:00 - Marvellous, isn't it?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,827
Dialogue density18.6 lines / min
First line00:01:02
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorVal Guest
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,534