''Fire!'' is a 1977 American made-for-television

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produced by

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starring

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, Patty Duke Astin,

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, Donna Mills, Lloyd Nolan, Neville Brand,

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and

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. It was directed by

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, who directed another made-for-TV disaster film one year before titled '' Flood!''.

Plot

Convict Larry Durant escapes from an

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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

as Sam Brisbane *

as Martha Wagner * Patty Duke Astin as Dr. Peggy Wilson *

as Dr. Alex Wilson * Donna Mills as Harriett Malone * Lloyd Nolan as Doc Bennett * Neville Brand as Larry Durant *

as Walt Fleming * Gene Evans as Dan Harter *

as Frank * Michelle Stacy as Judy

Production

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

Release

''Fire!'' premiered on May 8, 1977 on

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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."TV WEEKEND By JOHN J. O'CONNOR. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. ew York, N.Y6 May 1977: 75.

Titles around the world

*''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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* * 1977 television films 1977 films 1970s disaster films 1970s action drama films American disaster films American action drama films Disaster television films NBC network original films Films shot in Oregon Films about arson Films about firefighting Films scored by Richard LaSalle Films set in Oregon Films produced by Irwin Allen Films directed by Earl Bellamy Films about wildfires American drama television films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{action-drama-film-stub