The Firechasers

1971Movie⏱️ 1h 41m

CrimeDrama

⭐ 5.7

IMDB Rating

186 votes

Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter and falls in love.

Director

Sidney Hayers

Writers

N/A

Stars

Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, Keith Barron

Release Date

June 3, 1971

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

💬 12

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Chad Everett

as Quentin Barnaby

Anjanette Comer

as Toby Collins

Keith Barron

as Jim Maxwell

👤

Joanne Dainton

as Valerie Chrane

Rupert Davies

as Prentice

Robert Flemyng

as Carlson

Roy Kinnear

as Roscoe

John Loder

as Routledge

Allan Cuthbertson

as Jarvis

James Hayter

as Inspector Herman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Mono

Filming Location

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Production

Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

🏷️ Keywords

1970sexplosiontelephone boothfire brigadenewspaper reporter

🎯 Categories

CrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Fast-moving fire saga

by wilvram • 2021-02-12

6/10

"Filmed for showing as a TV Movie of the Week in the US and as a supporting feature in UK cinemas, this utilized the talents of several former Avengers personnel, director Sidney Hayers, writer Philip Levene, Laurie Johnson with an unmistakable score and Julian Wintle producing. Trademark fast-moving direction of the action scenes from Hayers, with no time wasted on people getting in and out of cars for example. The quirky character played by Roy Kinnear is very Avengers, in fact he'd played similar types in the show. A last appearance from 1930's leading man John Loder, while surpris..."