''A Dangerous Summer'' (aka ''Flash Fire'') is a 1982 Australian
crime film drama film
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directed by
Quentin Masters and starring
Tom Skerritt
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ''M*A*S*H'', ''Alien'', '' The Dead Zone'', '' Top Gun'', '' A ...
,
Ian Gilmour
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, (8 July 1926 – 21 September 2007) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, having succeeded to his fat ...
,
Guy Doleman
Guy Doleman (22 November 1923 – 30 January 1996) was a New Zealand born actor, active in Australia, Britain and the United States.
Early life
Doleman was born in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand, later moving to Australia.
Career
During the 1 ...
and
James Mason.
Production
The film was inspired by the Sydney bush fires of the 1979-80 summer.
John Seale
John Clement Seale ACS ASC (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work in the 1996 film ''The English Patient,'' in addition to a BAFTA and Satellite Award. He is a member of both the Australian Cinem ...
shot footage of the fire which
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films. His filmography covers action, science fiction, martial arts, dystopian fiction, comedy, ...
turned into a 25-minute film, ''That Dangerous Summer''. It was then announced this material would be used by Trenchard Smith in a feature version of the story, to be called ''Bushfire''. In the end, Trenchard-Smith did not direct, and Quentin Masters did. Actor Ian Gilmour broke his leg during filming.
[David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p117]
Box office
'' A Dangerous Summer '' grossed $33,000 () at the box office in Australia.
See also
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Cinema of Australia
References
External links
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''A Dangerous Summer''at Oz Movies
1982 films
1982 crime drama films
Films about arson
Films about firefighting
Australian crime drama films
1980s English-language films
Films directed by Quentin Masters
1980s Australian films
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