--- title: 'The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Val Guest' released: '1961-11-01' runtime_minutes: 99 genres: - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-day-the-earth-caught-fire-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054790/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) 1961 · 99 min · Science Fiction · United Kingdom ## Synopsis The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British science-fiction disaster film directed by Val Guest and starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern, and Janet Munro. It is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 23 November 1961. In August 2014, a restored version was screened at the British Museum's summer open-air cinema. ## Credits - **Director:** [Val Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-guest) - **Screenplay:** [Val Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-guest), [Wolf Mankowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-mankowitz) - **Producer:** [Val Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-guest) - **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-black) - **Director of Photography:** [Harry Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-waxman) - **Editor:** [Bill Lenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lenny) ## Cast - [Janet Munro](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-munro) - [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine) - [Michael Goodliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-goodliffe) - [Reginald Beckwith](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-beckwith) - [Edward Judd](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-judd) - [Austin Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/austin-trevor) - [Edward Underdown](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-underdown) - [Peter Blythe](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-blythe) - [Renée Asherson](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-asherson) - [Marianne Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-stone) - [Gene Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-anderson) - [Leo McKern](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mckern) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-day-the-earth-caught-fire-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1197267); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.