The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British science-fiction disaster film directed by Val Guest and starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern, and Janet Munro. It is one of the classic apocalyptic films of
Theatrical release poster
Edward Judd walks through a devastated and deserted London in the film's orange-infused opening sequence.
Title card from The Day the Earth Caught Fire showing the dried-up riverbed of the River Thames
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A meet cute is a scene in romantic fiction in which two people meet for the first time, typically under unusual, humorous, or adorable circumstances, and go on to form a future romantic couple.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
…the British Met Office to obtain temperature data, and while there, he meets Jeannie, a young typist who is temporarily acting as telephonist. They "meet cute", trading insults; later, they fall in love. Stenning discovers that the nuclear tests have had dramatic effects on the Earth. He asks Jeannie to help…
Romeo meets Juliet for the first time, in an 1861 watercolor by Victoria, Princess Royal.