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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) was a Drama - Science Fiction Film directed by Val Guest and produced by Val Guest.

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

By Barry P. on Sep 2, 2019 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1961) Directed by Val Guest; Written by Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest; Starring: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden and Arthur Christiansen; Available on Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD (Region 2) Rating: ****½ “When I had written the original treat... Read full article


The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

By Beatrice on Apr 25, 2017 From Flickers in Time

The Day the Earth Caught Fire Directed by Val Guest Written by Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest 1961/UK Melina Productions/Pax Films First viewing/Amazon Instant This interesting sci-fi film shows there is more than one way to achieve climate change. The US and USSR acidentally engage in powerful H... Read full article


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Bill Maguire: [Maguire is on the phone to the editor after a pile of letters about nuclear tests is dumped on his desk] What am I supposed to do with these protest letters?
[pause]
Bill Maguire: Thank you very much but there are seventeen hundred of them.


Bill Maguire: They've shifted the tilt of the earth. The stupid, crazy, irresponsible bastards! They've finally done it.


[Bill asks Peter what is bothering him]
Bill Maguire: It's the kid, isn't it?
Peter Stenning: You ought to see the way they're bringing him up, Bill. It'll be the right prep school next. And then the right boarding school. And by the time they finish with him, he'll be a right bowler-hatted, who's-for-tennis, toffee-nosed gent, but he won't be MY son.
Bill Maguire: Oh, I don't know. That bad blood of yours is bound to come out.


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The realistic newspaper footage was shot in the Fleet Street offices of Express Newspapers and gives a vivid picture of the "old" London Fleet Street industry (most British newspapers have now moved out of this area, which was famous as a press centre). "Express" editor Arthur Christiansen plays himself in the film.
In an early scene Jeannie is struggling with a Roneo stencil duplicator, saying it is "over-inking". The Roneo company threatened to sue the producers for the potential damage to the reputation of their products.
Editor James Needs used stock footage from Hammer's The Quatermass Xperiment, also directed by Val Guest of a fire truck racing through the night past the patrol station in Bray.
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