Directed by:
Val GuestCinematography:
Harry WaxmanComposer:
Stanley BlackCast:
Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Reginald Beckwith, Renée Asherson, Austin Trevor, Edward Underdown, Michael Caine, Robin Hawdon (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
When the USA and Russia test atomic bombs at the same time, it knocks the Earth out its orbit and sends it spiraling toward the Sun. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Janet Munro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269344_e399ce.jpg)
Janet Munro
UK
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
![Leo McKern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/099/163099557_698bc3.jpg)
Leo McKern
Australia
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
![Edward Judd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000205_557c97.gif)
Edward Judd
China
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
![Michael Goodliffe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000146_e8abdc.jpg)
Michael Goodliffe
UK
Best movies:
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
![Reginald Beckwith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/474/161474241_a6dddd.jpg)
Reginald Beckwith
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
![Renée Asherson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999987_d1da5b.jpg)
Renée Asherson
UK
Best movies:
The Others (2001)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Austin Trevor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/964/160964359_89f46b.jpg)
Austin Trevor
Ireland
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Father Brown (1954)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
![Edward Underdown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193918_e8d4a0.jpg)
Edward Underdown
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
Tarka the Otter (1979)
Thunderball (1965)
![Michael Caine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/119/164119074_392562.jpg)
Michael Caine
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
Le Prestige (2006)
Robin Hawdon
UK
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Bedazzled (1967)
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
![Pamela Green](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/496/158496277_216613.jpg)
Pamela Green
UK
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
![Marianne Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442695_081d99.jpg)
Marianne Stone
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
![John Dearth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/474/161474705_6eaf69.jpg)
John Dearth
UK
Best movies:
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Danger Within (1959)
![Peter Blythe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484181_658335.jpg)
Peter Blythe
UK
Best movies:
I.D. (1995)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![John Rae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375820_e23616.jpg)
John Rae
UK
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Verina Greenlaw
Best movies:
Father Goose (1964)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The Haunting (1963)
Bernard Braden
Canada
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The War Lover (1962)
The Full Treatment (1960)
Arthur Christiansen
UK
Best movies: