The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 1h 39m
7.2/10 · IMDb
85% · Rotten Tomatoes
Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) is a depressed British reporter who gets by with the help of his friend, veteran journalist Bill Maguire (Leo McKern). Along with weather forecaster Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro), Peter and Bill discover that...
Release date: March 15, 1962 (USA)
Director: Val Guest
Distributed by: Universal Pictures and British Lion Films
Budget: £190,000 or £213,581
Music by: Stanley Black; Monty Norman