Review of The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) by Marco C — 28 Jan 2009

Great British classical sci-fi movie and a realistic description of the journalistic profession...

This review of The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) was written by Marco C on 28 Jan 2009.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Ann B (82) on 27 Apr 2008

This is proving scarily accurate now, I visited Battersea FunFair as a kid, the locations are superb, ok may seem a bit dated now…

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By John P (2,089) on 11 Nov 2007

This film has some of the fastest dialog I've seen since the West Wing. It has one of the best cold war disaster film premises a must see…

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This is my candidate for the best disaster movie of all time, as well as the greatest cosmic catastrophe film ever produced (with all due respect…

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Made over 50 years ago and on a pretty tight budget, this is not as bad or cheesy as I thought it would be…

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An intelligent low-budget sci-fi doomsday pic…

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