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Kanopy Hoopla BFI Player Amazon Channel trailer

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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.

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Production companies: Pax Films

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

Runtime: 98 min.
Released: Nov. 1, 1961
Digital Release: June 2, 2022
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+
poster

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction

Keywords: tmdb.london-england, tmdb.newspaper, tmdb.sun, tmdb.earth, tmdb.global-warming, tmdb.end-of-the-world, tmdb.disaster + 199 more, imdb.newsroom, tmdb.disaster-movie, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.disaster-film, imdb.nuclear-weapon, imdb.co-written-by-director, imdb.writer-director-producer, imdb.in-medias-res, imdb.aerial-camera-shot, imdb.looting, imdb.water-contamination, imdb.alley, imdb.stopwatch, imdb.employee-employee-relationship, imdb.hall-of-records, imdb.eavesdropping, imdb.woman-in-jeopardy, imdb.fired-from-a-job, tmdb.heat, imdb.newspaper, imdb.reporter, imdb.journalist, imdb.nuclear-bomb, imdb.investigative-journalist, imdb.psychotronic-film, imdb.earth-in-jeopardy, imdb.humanity-in-jeopardy, imdb.secretary, imdb.love, imdb.panic, imdb.england, imdb.cover-up, imdb.scientist, imdb.science, imdb.british, imdb.water, imdb.mist, imdb.newspaper-editor, imdb.alcoholic, imdb.long-take, imdb.office, imdb.church, imdb.engineer, imdb.death, imdb.countdown, imdb.horse, imdb.donkey, imdb.intrigue, imdb.restaurant, imdb.doctor, mdblist.fresh, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.defcon, imdb.dark-comedy, imdb.home-invasion, imdb.little-boy, imdb.rationing, imdb.ambiguous-ending, imdb.shockwave, imdb.slapped-in-the-face, imdb.woman-slaps-a-man, imdb.taxi, imdb.bus, imdb.london-bus, imdb.pay-phone, imdb.phone-booth, imdb.letter, imdb.meet-cute, imdb.race-against-time, imdb.desperation, imdb.pipe-smoking, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.prime-minister, imdb.zoo, imdb.police-officer, imdb.police-car, imdb.police, imdb.military, imdb.british-army, imdb.soldier, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.bicycle, imdb.premarital-sex, imdb.paranoia, imdb.fear, imdb.danger, imdb.cult-film, imdb.tape-recorder, imdb.love-interest, imdb.elevator, imdb.protester, imdb.protest, imdb.told-in-flashback, imdb.chaos, imdb.professor, imdb.nonlinear-timeline, imdb.scene-during-opening-credits, imdb.solar-flare, imdb.investigation, imdb.investigative-reporter, imdb.typewriter, imdb.abandoned-city, imdb.car-crash, imdb.car-accident, imdb.overturning-car, imdb.fire, imdb.water-truck, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.ex-husband-ex-wife-relationship, imdb.ambulance, imdb.american-in-the-uk, imdb.american-abroad, imdb.fire-truck, imdb.firefighter, imdb.suspicion, imdb.media, imdb.anti-hero, imdb.cynicism, imdb.wisecrack-humor, imdb.radio-operator, imdb.evacuation, imdb.rescue, imdb.newspaper-headline, imdb.escape, imdb.printing-press, imdb.telephone, imdb.cockney-accent, imdb.bridge, imdb.blockade, imdb.airport, imdb.helicopter, imdb.map, imdb.globe, imdb.suspense, imdb.brawl, imdb.apocalypse, imdb.fight, imdb.fistfight, imdb.falling-from-height, imdb.snow, imdb.umbrella, imdb.punched-in-the-face, imdb.female-bartender, imdb.ghost-train, imdb.fairground, imdb.pier, imdb.beach, imdb.pub, imdb.sunglasses, imdb.lightning, imdb.rainstorm, imdb.heavy-rain, imdb.hurricane, imdb.media-coverage, imdb.forest-fire, imdb.1960s, imdb.radio-news, imdb.big-ben-london, imdb.eiffel-tower-paris, imdb.moscow-russia, imdb.australia, imdb.india, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.paris-france, imdb.radio, imdb.british-new-wave, imdb.bare-chested-boy, imdb.beatnik, imdb.boy, imdb.apartment, imdb.divorce, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.newspaper-reporter, imdb.end-of-the-world, imdb.divorced-father, imdb.typhus, imdb.weather, imdb.solar-eclipse, imdb.heat-wave, imdb.drought, imdb.water-shortage, imdb.london-england, imdb.disaster, imdb.stock-footage, imdb.cyclone, imdb.telephone-operator, imdb.ferris-wheel, imdb.funfair, imdb.bar, imdb.cold-war, imdb.riot, imdb.nuclear-testing, imdb.elevator-shaft, imdb.fog, imdb.independent-film, imdb.climate-change, imdb.global-warming, aspectratio.2-35-1

Watch Providers: Kanopy, Hoopla, BFI Player Amazon Channel, Darkroom

Production companies: Pax Films

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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Kanopy Hoopla BFI Player Amazon Channel trailer
Runtime: 98 min.
Released: Nov. 1, 1961
Digital Release: June 2, 2022
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+

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