The Day the Earth Caught Fire is an apocalyptic British science fiction film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961.
The movie, which was filmed on location in London and Brighton, also used matte painting to create images of abandoned cities and desolate landscapes. The production featured the Daily Express newspaper, using the paper's real headquarters, the Daily Express Building, in ...
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire is an apocalyptic British science fiction film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961.
The movie, which was filmed on location in London and Brighton, also used matte painting to create images of abandoned cities and desolate landscapes. The production featured the Daily Express newspaper, using the paper's real headquarters, the Daily Express Building, in Fleet Street, London.
The film opens at the end with the bulk of the story told in flashback. A lone man walks through the sweltering streets of a deserted London. The film then goes back several months. Peter Stenning (Judd) was an up-and-coming journalist with the Daily Express but a messy divorce has thrown his professional and private life into disarray. His Editor (Christiansen) no longer has time for him and has begun to give him lousy jobs. Stenning's only friend, Bill Maguire (McKern), is a veteran Fleet Street reporter, who offers him...
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