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Firestorm

Firestorm

1984TV Episode⏱️ 48mTV-PG
ActionAdventureSci-Fi
6.8
IMDB Rating
171 votes

When Eddie, a chronically drunk friend of Dom's, spouts off about UFO-type lights he's been seeing near his desert trailer, everyone writes him off as a crackpot until one night while taking Eddie home, Dom spots them, too. He and...

Director
Ray Austin
Writers
Calvin Clements Jr., Chester Krumholz
Stars
Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, Jean Bruce Scott
Release Date
September 29, 1984
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent
Jan-Michael Vincent
as Stringfellow Hawke
Alex Cord
Alex Cord
as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III
Jean Bruce Scott
Jean Bruce Scott
as Caitlin O'Shannessy
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
as Dominic Santini
Eugene Roche
Eugene Roche
as Eddie Donahough
Joseph Campanella
Joseph Campanella
as Gen. Elliot Sandhower
Elizabeth Stack
Elizabeth Stack
as Tanya
Marilyn Schreffler
Marilyn Schreffler
as Angie
Anthony Tyler Quinn
Anthony Tyler Quinn
as Everett
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Chris Rennolds
as Nurse

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Stage 24, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production
Belisarius Productions, Universal Television

🏷️ Keywords

machine gunhypodermic needlerocketprotestcompact disc

🎯 Categories

ActionAdventureSci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

Firestorm
by Prismark102020-08-01
5/10

"Firestorm is a curious episode. I did not like it much the first time I saw it, although I thought it was better on a rewatch although it is flawed. It raises the issue of alcoholism and does it without having a nice neat ending to it. It also has a general who was a little too bloodthirsty in Vietnam and has the issue of nuclear weapons. Nuclear missiles were very topical back in the mid 1980s. Eddie Donahough is an old Vietnam war buddy of Santini. He is also a drunk and claims to see UFOs near his trailer. No one believes him, not even Santini. However one night Santini who is with Eddie..."

💡 Did You Know?

This is the first episode where Airwolf's triple air cannon now has the ability to turn. In this episode, it turns to Airwolf's left as Hawke fires at the Jeeps.

📖 Synopsis

When Eddie, a chronically drunk friend of Dom's, spouts off about UFO-type lights he's been seeing near his desert trailer, everyone writes him off as a crackpot until one night while taking Eddie home, Dom spots them, too. He and...