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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

6.8/ 10

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1961

Release Year

98 min

Runtime

Science Fiction
Drama

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.

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Keywords

newspaper
london, england
sun
heat
earth
global warming
end of the world
disaster
black and white
disaster movie
dyaliscope

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6.5avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

May 9, 2024

7
7/10

Newspaper editor "Bill" (Leo McKern) is trying to keep his team focused on churning out the Daily Express whilst the Russians and the Americans are detonating nuclear devices all over the shop. When two of them explode simultaneously and knock the Earth out of it's orbit, things really do start to h

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griggs79

griggs79

December 2, 2024

6
6/10

_The Day the Earth Caught Fire_ may be a product of the Cold War era, however, its portrayal of climate chaos and human hubris resonates with today's alarming realities. The film's depiction of the creeping disasters unfolding around us in slow motion feels less like a work of fiction and more like

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