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Jeannie Craig
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Bill Maguire
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Edward Judd | ... |
Peter Stenning
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Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
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Bernard Braden | ... |
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Reginald Beckwith | ... |
Harry
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May
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Renée Asherson | ... |
Angela
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Arthur Christiansen | ... |
Jeff Jefferson the Editor
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Austin Trevor | ... |
Sir John Kelly
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Edward Underdown | ... |
Sanderson
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Ian Ellis | ... |
Michael Stenning
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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. Written by Fernando <diamond@argenet.com.ar>
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The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True! See more »Parents Guide:
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Bill Maguire: Have you seen the figures on some of these Earth tremors?
Peter Stenning: It's another planet trying to contact us.
[He picks up his empty coffee mug and speaks into it]
Peter Stenning: This is Earth. Are you receiving me? Are you receiving me? You are?
Peter Stenning: Well get knotted.
Peter Stenning: [He sets the mug down again]
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In an early scene Jeannie is struggling with a Roneo stencil duplicator, saying it is "over-inking". The Roneo company threatened to sue the producers for the potential damage to the reputation of their products. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The first time Bill visits Jeannie at her apartment, the camera is set outside the building looking in through the two windows. They cross the room to the window furthest from the door. In the next shot the camera is inside the apartment but Bill and Jeannie are at the wrong window. See more »Quotes
Peter Stenning: Well, Billy boy, they got me doing your homework. Five hundred words on sun-spots.Bill Maguire: Have you seen the figures on some of these Earth tremors?
Peter Stenning: It's another planet trying to contact us.
[He picks up his empty coffee mug and speaks into it]
Peter Stenning: This is Earth. Are you receiving me? Are you receiving me? You are?
Peter Stenning: Well get knotted.
Peter Stenning: [He sets the mug down again]
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There are no end credits whatsoever (not even a "The End" caption); merely a fade to black. See more »
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