The Day The Earth Caught Fire| Episode 236

Jim and Mark discuss what many consider the best British Science Fiction film - 1961's "The Day The Earth Caught Fire," starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern, Janet Munro, Arthur Christian and Michael Goodliffe. Several nuclear tests have forced a shift in the Earth's axis, causing the planet to head toward the Sun. A veteran newsman tries to make sense of the situation in this tight, tense thriller. Find out more about this unheralded classic on this episode of "Monster Attack!"