The Night the World Exploded
5.3
“Super-Quake Tilts Earth!”
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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Cast
12 people
William Leslie
Dr. David Conway
Known for
The Lineup
The Horse Soldiers
Tris Coffin
Dr. Ellis Morton
Kathryn Grant
Laura 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Known for
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Anatomy of a Murder
Tristram Coffin
Dr. Ellis Morton
Known for
The Corpse Vanishes
Good Neighbor Sam
Raymond Greenleaf
Gov. Chaney
Known for
Angel Face
All the King's Men
Paul Savage
Ranger Kirk
Also in
Betrayed Women
Maverick
Fred Coby
Ranger Brown
Known for
The Law and Jake Wade
Frank J. Scannell
Sheriff Quinn
Known for
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Disorderly Orderly
Charles Evans
Gen. Bortes
Known for
The Dark Mirror
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Marshall Reed
General's Aide
Known for
The Lineup
Angel and the Badman
Terry Frost
Chief Rescue Worker
Known for
Buchanan Rides Alone
Batman
David Armstrong
Military Policeman (uncredited)
Also in
There Was a Crooked Man...
Cult of the Cobra
Fred F. Sears Director · Jack Natteford Writer Luci Ward Writer
United States release June 14, 1957 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Clover Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 14, 1957
Theatrical
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