City on fire movie 1979

Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. A pyromaniac, exemployee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a. These old disaster movies were almost a weekly night event on t. Barry newman, susan clark, shelley winters language. City on fire is a 1979 disaster movie starring, among many, barry newman, ava gardner and a presyndrome leslie nielsen. Barry newman, susan clark, shelley winters, leslie nielsen, james franciscus, ava gardner, henry fonda, jonathan welsh, hilary. Movies like city on fire 1979 if you like city on fire you are looking for tense, captivating and suspense movies about with arson, revenge, fire, explosion, burning building, trapped and rescue themes of action and drama genre shot in canada or usa. Frank whitman barry newman and his coworkers, including nurse harper shelley winters and dr. City on fire 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. At the center of this catastrophe is a newlybuilt hospital opening in. All city on fire movie posters,high res movie posters image for city on fire.

In an unnamed midwestern city, herman stover, an oil refinery worker, finds out that he isnt getting the promotion that hes had his eyes on. By the late 70s, the golden age of the disaster film was coming to a close irwin allens 1980 commercial bomb when time ran out would be the nail in the coffin but in 1979, a joint americancanadian venture released a movie about an entire city ablaze, a film called city on fire, and though it couldnt compete with the big budget disaster films, like 1974s earthquake and the. The film also features cameos by ava gardner and henry fonda. City on fire 1979 stream and watch online moviefone. City on fire, a disaster thriller filmed in canada with dialogue in both french and english, tells the story of an oilrefinery explosion in a small town. City on fire 1979 alvin rakoff cast and crew allmovie.

Mst3k week sure this movie couldve stopped at pinning the blame for an entire city being on fire onto the dickish mayor leslie nielsen who let a refinery get built in the middle of the downtown far away from all water sources or onto the disgruntled freshlyfired employee who opened up the gasoline valves at that refinery on his way out, but noooo city. City on fire is a slightly misleading title for this late 1970s canadian disaster film. Matwick donald pilon, fight bravely to save the victims even when they, themselves are endangered by the fire. Disaster movies are one of my favourite film genres, if you have already read one of my earlier posts about the 1974 film earthquake you will know my warmth no pun intended and interest in these films and how when as a child we watched them as a family. The film climaxes as the massive fire approaches a brandnew hospital where mr. Find movie and film cast and crew information for city on fire 1979 alvin rakoff on allmovie. City on fire 1979 is a disaster action, drama movie starring barry newman and susan clark. While its nice to meet her again in another 70s disaster flick, this time neither her character nor the surrounding movie is quite as. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others.

City on fire, which opens today at loews astor plaza and other theaters, tells the cautionary tale of what can happen when a minor official at a huge oil refinery fires i mean dismisses. City on fire 1979 cast and crew a doctor barry newman, a fire chief henry fonda, a newswoman ava gardner and hospital patients face disaster after arson at an oil refinery. City on fire, ciudad en llamas, stadt in flammen description. City on fire is a film directed by alvin rakoff with barry newman, susan clark, shelley winters, leslie nielsen, year. Alvin rakoff actiondrama movie canada,usa 1979 cast. City on fire is a 1979 disaster film directed by alvin rakoff and featuring an allstar cast, as was the custom for that time. Shop with city on fire 1979 dvds, blurays and memorabilia. City on fire 1979 bluray disc details highdef digest. The film moves at a fast pace and creates a great deal of suspense as the fire closes in on the. Who is this extra from the movie city on fire 1979. The films plot revolves around a disgruntled employee who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city. Financial analysis of city on fire 1979 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. City on fire is a disaster movie similar to irwin allens 1977 tv movie fire but instead of a forest fire started by a convict tossing a lighted cigarette onto old branches, an entire city is on fire hence the title started by a disgruntled oil company employee opening oil. Its a massive structure, one made of a massive problem.

The films plot revolves around a disgruntled civil servant who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city. City on fire by alvin rakoff director of death ship youtube. City on fire is a disaster movie similar to irwin allens 1977 tv movie fire but instead of a forest fire started by a convict tossing a lighted cigarette onto old branches, an entire city is on fire hence the title started by a disgruntled oil company employee opening oil valves and dumping the oil into the city s waterline. William dudley leslie nielson is a corrupt mayor of a nameless midwestern u. City on fire is a 5 star movie staring barry newman with an all star cast very excellent movie from 1979 and the bluray is excellent. I bought it because for years i had a snippet of the film running through my head the scene where the fire hose burns through near the end of the movie. Sure this movie couldve stopped at pinning the blame for an entire city being on fire onto the dickish mayor leslie nielsen who let a refinery get built in the. City on fire is a 1979 canadian disaster film about a refinery employee who was expecting a promotion but is instead fired and decides to take revenge, opening the refinerys oil, gasoline and various chemical valves, leading to a massive explosion and fire that destroys the refinery and eventually engulfs the entire city. Released 1979, city on fire stars barrynewman, henryfonda, avagardner, susanclark the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Following a better tomorrow 1986, it helped establish chows popularity as an action star in asia, and, to a lesser degree, north america. City on fire 1979 a doctor barry newman, a fire chief henry fonda, a newswoman ava gardner and hospital patients face disaster after arson at an oil refinery. With barry newman, susan clark, shelley winters, leslie nielsen. Well, if its an allstar ensemble thrown into a 70s made for tv disaster movie, theres your answer. City on fire 1979, barry newman action movie videospace.