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Janet Munro
Jeannie Craig
Leo McKern
Bill Maguire
Edward Judd
Peter Stenning
Michael Goodliffe
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Bernard Braden
Davis the News Editor
Reginald Beckwith
Harry
Gene Anderson
May
Renée Asherson
Angela
Arthur Christiansen
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
Austin Trevor
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
Ian Ellis
Michael Stenning (uncredited)
Geoffrey Chater
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Miss Evans (uncredited)
John Dearth
Dick (uncredited)
Edward Underdown
Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Robin Hawdon
Ronnie (uncredited)
George Merritt
Smudge (uncredited)
Verina Greenlaw
Trixie (uncredited)
Jane Aird
Nanny (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
Printer (uncredited)
Reginald Marsh
Picture Editor (uncredited)
Peter Blythe
Copy Desk (uncredited)
Pamela Green
Nurse at Laundrette (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Peter Butterworth
2nd Sub-Editor (uncredited)
John Adams
Constable (uncredited)
Avril Angers
Mother (uncredited)
John Barron
1st Sub-Editor (uncredited)
William Baskiville
Policeman (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Alf Casha
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Norman Chappell
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
Partner of Stenning's Divorced Wife (uncredited)
Harold Coyne
Editor (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
George Curtis
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Peter Evans
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Geoffrey Frederick
Mitchell (uncredited)
Dave Griffiths
Workman (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
Editor (uncredited)
Ruth Harrison
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Gordon Humphries
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
Archie (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Harry's Club Patron (uncredited)
Dan Lester
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Demonstrator (uncredited)
Leonard Llewellyn
Editor (uncredited)
Larry Martyn
Argumentative Man at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Jim McManus
Man at Water Station (uncredited)
Don McMurray
Man in Fight (uncredited)
Carmel McSharry
Woman Lost in Fog (uncredited)
Michael McStay
Policeman at Washing Centre (uncredited)
Robert Moore
Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)
Charles Morgan
Foreign Editor (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Editor (uncredited)
Lisa Peake
Girl (uncredited)
Frank Phillips
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Charles Price
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
John Rae
Sarge the Doorman (uncredited)
Edith Raye
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Bill Rayment
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Julie Samuel
Young Girl (uncredited)
Frank Schock
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Jeff Shane
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Frank Sieman
Print Room Manager (uncredited)
Jeff Silk
Policeman (uncredited)
Graham Skidmore
Bit Part (uncredited)
Terence Soall
Bit Part (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Man at Funfair (uncredited)
John Tatham
Policeman at Water Station (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Terry Walsh
Man (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu May 09 2024

Newspaper editor "Bill" (Leo McKern) is trying to keep his team focused on churning out the Daily Express whilst the Russians and the Americans are detonating nuclear devices all over the shop. When two of them explode simultaneously and knock the Earth out of it's orbit, things really do start to heat up and his reporter "Stenning" (Edward Judd) and feisty switchboard worker "Jeannie" (Janet Munro) have to try to get to the bottom of things. Just imagine the red tape involved as the government officials put up all sorts of barricades to him finding out anything - possibly because they don't re...