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- How long is The Day the Earth Caught Fire?
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire is 1 hr 39 min long.
- Who directed The Day the Earth Caught Fire?
- Val Guest
- Who is Jeannie Craig in The Day the Earth Caught Fire?
- Janet Munro plays Jeannie Craig in the film.
- What is The Day the Earth Caught Fire about?
- Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) is a depressed British reporter who gets by with the help of his friend, veteran journalist Bill Maguire (Leo McKern). Along with weather forecaster Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro), Peter and Bill discover that simultaneous U.S. and Russian nuclear explosions have drastically altered the earth's rotation. Fires and earthquakes ravage cities all over the world, and chaos and sickness descend upon the frightened survivors as they try to put the planet back on its axis.