The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
"The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!"
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 86%
(RT: 86%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig
Edward Judd as Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden as Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith as Harry
Gene Anderson as May
Renée Asherson as Angela
Is The Day the Earth Caught Fire good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 182 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
