UK,
1961, 98 min
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 (2)
Plots(1)
When the US and Soviet Union unwittingly test nuclear weapons at the same time, scientists race to save Earth from catastrophe. (Netflix)
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)
The Crawling Eye (1958)
![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)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
![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)
Man with a Million (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)
The Detective (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)
The 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)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
![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)
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
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)
Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)
Arthur Christiansen
UK
Best movies: