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The Night the World Exploded

Super-Quake Tilts Earth!

1957★ 5.1 · 161h 4mScience Fiction

Overview

With his assistant, Laura Hutchinson, Dr. David Conway develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armageddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.

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Kathryn Grant
as Laura 'Hutch' Hutchinson

Tristram Coffin
as Dr. Ellis Morton

Raymond Greenleaf
as Gov. Chaney

William Leslie
as Dr. David Conway

Paul Savage
as Ranger Kirk

Charles Evans
as Gen. Bortes

Terry Frost
as Chief Rescue Worker

Marshall Reed
as General's Aide

David Armstrong
as Military Policeman (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
as Sheriff Quinn

Fred Coby
as Ranger Brown

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Release date: 1957-06-14

Runtime: 1h 4m

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Science Fiction

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