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Dominican Rep. The Day the Earth Caught Fire
- Original title
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire
- Year
- 1961
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Janet Munro
Leo McKern
Edward Judd
Michael Goodliffe- Bernard Braden
Reginald Beckwith- Gene Anderson
Renée Asherson- Arthur Christiansen
Austin Trevor
Edward Underdown- Ian Ellis
Michael Caine- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Harry Waxman (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Sci-Fi | Nuclear Holocaust. B Movie. Disaster Film
- Synopsis
- Journalists of the London Daily Express investigate reports of strange phenomena occurring all over the world, such as flooding in the Sahara, unseasonable blizzards in New York, and violent tornadoes in the Soviet Union. All over England, temperatures are on the rise, girls in bikinis are everywhere, and wonderful special-effects mists are blanketing the Thames River. Top scientists at the Meteorological Center refuse to give any official explanation, which makes the newspaper editor suspicious. He orders science reporter Bill Maguire and alcoholic columnist Peter Stenning to dig for information. When Peter begins a romance with Met Center secretary Jeannie Craig, he learns from her certain clues that there has indeed been a cover-up...
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- Awards
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1961: BAFTA Awards: Best British Screenplay1963: Hugo Awards: nominated to Best Dramatic Presentation.
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