The Day the Earth Caught Fire Movie Review

“World saved.” “World doomed.” Which headline will be correct after the Earth is knocked out of its orbit and hurtles toward the sun? Leo McKern stars as the gruff science reporter who discovers the catastrophe after investigating the sudden floods, cyclones, and mysterious mists that arise in the wake of simultaneous nuclear testing at the North and South Poles by the Americans and Russians. A literate script and played-for-realism newsroom setting will keep you sweating as the world's powers unite to try and get the planet back on track.

1961 95m/B Janet Munro, Edward Judd, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden; D: Val Guest; W: Val Guest, Wolf Mankowitz. British Academy Awards ‘61: Best Screenplay. VHS, Beta REP, KAR