The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Jeannie Craig

      Janet Munro

    • Bill Maguire

      Leo McKern

    • Peter Stenning

      Edward Judd

    • 'Jacko' Jackson, night editor

      Michael Goodliffe

    • Davis, news editor

      Bernard Braden

    • Harry

      Reginald Beckwith

    • May

      Gene Anderson

    • Angela

      Renée Asherson

    • 'Jeff' Jefferson, Daily Express editor

      Arthur Christiansen

    • [Sir John Kelly]

      Austin Trevor

    • [apartment block porter]

      Norman Chappell

    • [second sub-editor]

      Peter Butterworth

    • [foreign affairs editor]

      Charles Morgan

    • ['Sandy' Sanderson]

      Edward Underdown

    • [Michael, Stenning's son]

      Ian Ellis

    • [nanny]

      Jane Aird

    • [Ronnie]

      Robin Hawdon

    • [first sub-editor]

      John Barron

    • [Pat Holroyd]

      Geoffrey Chater

    • [Trixie, child lost in fog]

      Verina Greenlaw

    • [checkpoint policeman]

      Michael Caine

    • [nurse at washing centre]

      Pamela Green

    • [Miss Evans, Jeff's secretary]

      Marianne Stone

    • [picture editor]

      Reginald Marsh

    • [copy desk]

      Peter Blythe

    • [print room]

      Timothy Bateson

    • ['Smudge']

      George Merritt

    • ['Sarge']

      John Rae

    • [Archie]

      Fred Johnson

    • [mother in Jeannie's apartment block]

      Carmel McSharry

    • [.]

      Terence Soall

    • [boy in water line queue]

      Steven Counterman

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • Directed by

      Val Guest

    • ©/Production Company

      Melina Productions

    • Presents

      Pax Films

    • A British Lion Release

      British Lion Films

    • A release through

      BLC

    • Produced by

      Val Guest

    • Associate Producer

      Frank Sherwin Green

    • Production Manager

      Clifton Brandon

    • [Production Accountant]

      Barry Davis

    • [Assistant Accountant]

      Maureen Newman

    • [Production Secretary]

      Jill Langley

    • [Producer's Secretary]

      Terry Baldwin

    • Assistant Director

      Philip Shipway

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      Terry Lens

    • [Assistant Director (3rd)]

      Bernard Williams

    • Continuity

      Pamela Carlton

    • Written for the screen by

      Wolf Mankowitz

    • Written for the screen by

      Val Guest

    • Director of Photography

      Harry Waxman

    • Camera Operator

      Moray Grant

    • [Focus Puller]

      Wally Byatt

    • [Focus Puller]

      James Devis

    • [Clapper Loader]

      Jimmy Stilwell

    • [Chargehand Electrician]

      Bert Owen

    • [Stills]

      John Jay

    • Special Effects

      Les Bowie

    • Editor

      Bill Lenny

    • [Assistant Editor (1st)]

      Mike Round

    • [Assistant Editor (2nd)]

      Gillian Scott

    • Art Director

      Tony Masters

    • [Assistant Art Director]

      Geoffrey Tozer

    • Set Decorator

      Scott Slimon

    • [Draughtsman]

      Martin Atkinson

    • [Draughtsman]

      Bill Bennison

    • [Scenic Artist]

      Peter Melrose

    • [Property Buyer]

      Harry Parr

    • [Chargehand Props]

      E. Kell

    • [Standby Props]

      A. Coates

    • Costume Designer

      Beatrice Dawson

    • [Wardrobe Mistress]

      Dulcie Midwinter

    • [Assistant Wardrobe]

      Joyce Stoneman

    • Make-up

      Tony Sforzini

    • [Make-up Assistant]

      Robert Alexander

    • Hairdressing

      Joyce James

    • Beatnik Music by

      Monty Norman

    • Music Direction by

      Stanley Black

    • Sound Recordist

      Buster Ambler

    • Sound System

      Westrex Recording System

    • [Boom Operator]

      Peter Dukelow

    • Dubbing Editor

      Chris Greenham

    • Technical Adviser

      Arthur Christiansen

    • [Studio Publicity Director]

      Dora Dobson

    • Made at

      Shepperton Studios