Movie
City on Fire
Action/adventure film with a runtime of 104 minutes, released in 1979. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
City on Fire, a disaster thriller filmed in Canada with dialogue in both French and English, tells the story of an oil-refinery explosion in a small town. Dr. Frank Whitman (Barry Newman) and his co-workers, including Nurse Harper (Shelley Winters) and Dr. Matwick (Donald Pilon), fight bravely to save the victims even when they, themselves are endangered by the fire. The film also features cameos by Ava Gardner and Henry Fonda. The film moves at a fast pace and creates a great deal of suspense as the fire closes in on the survivors. Director Alvin Rakoff uses creativity instead of a big budget and, aided by the splendid cinematography of Rene Verzier, succeeds in creating an exciting disaster film.
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Cast
- Barry Newman
- Susan Clark
- Shelley Winters
- Leslie Nielsen
- James Franciscus
- Ava Gardner
- Henry Fonda
- Mavor Moore
- Jonathan Welsh
- Richard Donat
- John Welsh
- Ken James
- Hilary Labow
- Donald Pilon
- Terry Haig
- Cec Linder
- Hilary LeBow
- Jefferson Mappin
- Earl Pennington
- Sonny Forbes
- Bronwen Mantel
- Janice Chaikelson
- Steven Chaikelson
- Melody Ryane
- Lee Murray
- John Friesen
- Jerome Tiberghien
- Nancy Beatty
- Howard R. Lipson
- Patrick Rousseau
- Harold Greenberg
- Cliff Wenger
- René Verzier
- Jack Hill
- David P. Lewis
- Jean Pol Passet
- Sandy Howard
- Jacques Clairoux
- William McCrow
- Yvon Duhaime
- Claude Marchand
- Lawrence Nesis
