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    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    Movie

    Poster of the movie The Day the Earth Caught Fire
    1961     Science-fiction    
    1h 39min
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    When the Americans test a nuclear weapon at the South Pole at the exact moment that the Soviets are testing their own weapon at the North, the earth's axis is jolted out of alignment, causing catastrophic changes in global weather patterns.

    Directed byVal Guest
    Written byWolf Mankowitz, Val Guest
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures

    Starring

    Janet Munro
    Edward Judd
    Leo McKern
    Michael Goodliffe
    Bernard Braden
    Reginald Beckwith
    Gene Anderson
    Renée Asherson
    Arthur Christiansen
    Austin Trevor
    Edward Underdown
    Ian Ellis

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