The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Directed by Val Guest
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
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What critics compared The Day the Earth Caught Fire to
Four decades ago, there was a terrific British end-of-the-world thriller, Val Guest's 1962 "The Day the Earth Caught Fire," which packed in almost twice as much character, social detail and honest tension as "28 Days"--and also seemed on fire with a good idea: an attack on the Cold War arms race.