The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) | |
| Director(s) | Val Guest |
| Producer(s) | Val Guest |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Science Fiction |
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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 TimeThe 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: They've shifted the tilt of the earth. The stupid, crazy, irresponsible bastards! They've finally done it.
Bill Maguire: No woman's irreplaceable, no matter how much you love her. There will be somebody else sooner or later. London's full of somebody else's.
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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.
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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