Fire! (1977 film)
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Duration Language English | 5.2/10 Genre Drama, Action Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1977 (1977) Cast (Sam Brisbane), (Martha Wagner), Patty Duke (Dr. Peggy Wilson (as Patty Duke Astin)), (Dr. Alex Wilson), (Harriett Malone), (Doc Bennett)Similar movies The Poseidon Adventure , Earthquake , Meteor , Jurassic World , San Andreas , Spy Tagline Another burning sensation from the producer of the Towering Inferno. |
Fire! is a 1977 American made-for-television action-drama disaster film produced by Irwin Allen starring Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke Astin, Alex Cord, Donna Mills, Lloyd Nolan, Neville Brand, Ty Hardin and Erik Estrada. It was directed by Earl Bellamy, who directed another made-for-TV disaster film one year before titled Flood!.
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Plot
The film's plot is about a convict (Neville Brand) who escapes from an Oregon road gang and starts a fire in a forest, which goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community. Involved are a lumber mill owner named Sam (Ernest Borgnine); Martha (Vera Miles), the widowed operator of a forest lodge; a teacher (Donna Mills) on a class outing; a country doctor (Lloyd Nolan); and a young couple (Patty Duke Astin and Alex Cord) whose shaky marriage is healed when battling the blaze brings out their better natures.
Cast
Production
The film was directed in the cities of Silverton and Yamhill, in Oregon.
Release
Fire! premiered on May 8, 1977 on NBC on two-hours length; it was later cut to ninety minutes and rerun in tandem with another TV disaster movie, Flood!, also produced by Irwin Allen.
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References
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