The Day the Earth Caught Fire GFT Monday 27 October, Wednesday 29 October
The Day the Earth Caught FirePG
GFT
Monday 27 October, Wednesday 29 October
Val Guest’s 1961 lo-fi yarn tells how, due to a horrifying coincidence where USA and Russia perform nuclear tests at the same time, the earth is knocked out of orbit and begins to hurtle towards the sun. The action plays out as a newspaper scoop, unfolding in the real offices of The Daily Express on Fleet Street where heroically gruff reporter Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) breaks the story whilst slowly romancing telephonist Jeanie (Janet Munro).
Presented as part of BFI’s national Sci Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season.
12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB.
This section: Cinema
Filed under: Cinema
Prevous page or post | Next page or post
Written by : Pat Byrne
Related Pages
- NAZA at GFT
- Hallowe’en at GFT, 2026
- Scotland Loves Anime at GFT November 2026
- Sleepy Hollow Screening at Arlington Baths
- Woodlands Anti-Racist Film Club – Dreamers (2025)
- The Old Oak, Screening Maryhill Burgh Halls
- Take 2: Flushed Away at GFT
- Rip it Up at GFT
- Sense and Sensibility at GFT
- Le Bouchet at GFT
- Manhunter The Final Cut – 40th Anniversary at GFT
- Take 2: Barbie at GFT
- Black History Month 2026 at GFT
- The Cycle of Love at GFT
- Queen At Sea at GFT
- Pressure at GFT
- Take 2: The Wizard of Oz
- Bad Apples at GFT
- Woodlands Anti-Racist Film Club – Everybody to Kenmure Street
- Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2026
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.