Fire! (1977 film)

1977 television film by Earl Bellamy

Fire!

Genre|

* Action
* Drama
* Disaster

Written by| Norman Katkov
Arthur Weiss
Directed by| Earl Bellamy
Starring| Ernest Borgnine
Vera Miles
Patty Duke Astin
Alex Cord
Donna Mills
Music by| Richard LaSalle
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Executive producer| Irwin Allen
Producer| Irwin Allen
Production locations| Silverton, Oregon
Yamhill, Oregon
Cinematography| Dennis Dalzell
Editor| Bill Brame
Running time| 100 minutes
Production companies| Irwin Allen Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network| NBC
Release| May 8, 1977 (1977-05-08)

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!.[1]

## Plot

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Convict Larry Durant 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, Sam Brisbane; Martha Wagner, the widowed operator of a forest lodge; teacher, Harriet Malone, who is on a class outing; a country doctor, Doc Bennett, and a young couple, Doctors Alex and Peggy Wilson, whose shaky marriage is healed when battling the blaze brings out their better natures.

## Cast

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* Ernest Borgnine as Sam Brisbane
* Vera Miles as Martha Wagner
* Patty Duke Astin as Dr. Peggy Wilson
* Alex Cord as Dr. Alex Wilson
* Donna Mills as Harriett Malone
* Lloyd Nolan as Doc Bennett
* Neville Brand as Larry Durant
* Ty Hardin as Walt Fleming
* Gene Evans as Dan Harter
* Erik Estrada as Frank
* Michelle Stacy as Judy

## Production

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The film was directed in the cities of Silverton and Yamhill, in Oregon.

## Release

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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.

The New York Times called it "mindless escapism."[2]

## Titles around the world

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* Det flammande helvevet (Sweden)
* El bosque en llamas (Spain)
* Horizons en flammes (France)
* Il colosso di fuoco (Italy)
* Horizont in Flammen (West Germany)
* Krwawe pieklo (Poland)
* Ti nyhta pou oi ouranoi epiasan fotia (Greece)
* Tuhoavat liekit (Finland)

## References

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1. ^ TV MOVIE REVIEW: 'Fire': Another Story of Disaster Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times6 May 1977: g29.
2. ^ TV WEEKEND By JOHN J. O'CONNOR. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]06 May 1977: 75.

## External links

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* Fire! (1977) at IMDb

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Irwin Allen productions

Films|

* Double Dynamite (1951)
* A Girl in Every Port (1952)
* The Sea Around Us (1953)
* Dangerous Mission (1954)
* The Animal World (1956)
* The Story of Mankind (1957)
* The Big Circus (1959)
* The Lost World (1960)
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
* Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
* The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
* The Towering Inferno (1974)
* Viva Knievel! (1977)
* The Swarm (1978)
* Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
* When Time Ran Out (1980)

Television series|

* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68)
* Lost in Space (1965–68)
* The Time Tunnel (1966–67)
* Land of the Giants (1968–70)
* The Swiss Family Robinson (1975–76)
* Code Red (1981–82)

TV films|

* The Man from the 25th Century (1968) (short)
* City Beneath the Sea (1971)
* Adventures of the Queen (1975)
* Time Travelers (1976)
* Flood! (1976)
* Fire! (1977)
* The Return of Captain Nemo (1978)
* Hanging by a Thread (1979)
* The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
* The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983)
* Cave-In! (1983)
* Alice in Wonderland (1985)

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