Fire (1977)
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Irwin Allen's follow-up to Flood! is a better effort but still falls short of his big-screen classics. Like its predecessor, Fire! sets up its disaster in a lackluster manner and then fails to build its plot in suspenseful or dramatically compelling ways once the disaster hits. It also leans… More Irwin Allen's follow-up to Flood! is a better effort but still falls short of his big-screen classics. Like its predecessor, Fire! sets up its disaster in a lackluster manner and then fails to build its plot in suspenseful or dramatically compelling ways once the disaster hits. It also leans heavily on soap opera-style dramatic subplots to fill the time between the fire sequences: for instance, the domestic discord between the married couple played by Alex Cord and Patty Duke Astin has an unintentionally campy feel to it. As with Flood!, Earl Bellamy occupies the director's chair and his work is competent but impersonal. However, he improves on Flood! by working in more exciting stunt sequences into the story. Flood! also benefits from a strong cast: Ernest Borgnine turns in a typically professional performance as the everyman hero and old pros like Vera Miles and Neville Brand lend solid support. No one really gets much to do dramatically but they all notch up solid performances. In short, Fire! is no great shakes - even for b-movie fans - but it just might work as a time-killer for viewers in a forgiving mood. ~ Donald Guarisco, Rovi
- Directed By
- Earl Bellamy
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1977 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Patty Duke
as Peggy Wilson
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Ernest Borgnine
as Sam Brisbane
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Neville Brand
as Larry
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Alex Cord
as Alex Wilson
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Erik Estrada
as Frank
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Gene Evans
as Dan Harter
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Ty Hardin
as Fleming
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Vera Miles
as Martha Wagner
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Donna Mills
as Harriett Malone
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Lloyd Nolan
as Doc Bennett
