Shown mostly in flashback as journalist Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) waits to see if a corrective bomb will save the earth from meteorological catastrophe. We see the reason why the earth has come to the brink, after the US and Russian authorities detonate nuclear devices at precisely the same time, and push the earth off its axis. Stenning and his friend and science correspondent Bill Maguire (Leo McKern) sense a cover up, and are determined to find out the truth, a truth that comes closer to being unveiled when Stenning starts dating Jeannie (Janet Munro), a secretary at the Met Office, who has access to vital information. A fine British sci-fi with an intriguing concept, a realistic film style and cracking dialogue. You can almost feel the sweat dripping down the screen.
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