City on Fire
4.5
“What Happened to Them Could Happen to You... In Any City Anywhere!”
An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
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Cast
30 people
Barry Newman
Dr. Frank Whitman
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Susan Clark
Diana Brockhurst-Lautrec
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Shelley Winters
Nurse Andrea Harper
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Leslie Nielsen
Mayor William Dudley
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James Franciscus
Jimbo
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Ava Gardner
Maggie Grayson
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Earthquake
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Henry Fonda
Fire Chief Risley
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Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Jonathan Welsh
Herman Stover
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Hilary Farr
Mrs. Adams
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Richard Donat
Captain Harrison Risley
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Haven
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Mavor Moore
John O'Brien
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Donald Pilon
Dr. Matwick
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Alvin Rakoff Director · David P. Lewis Writer Jack Hill Writer
Worldwide gross $784K · Budget $3M · United States release August 31, 1979
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$784,181
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Astral Films
Production
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Production
Canada · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · July 11, 1979
Theatrical
United States · August 31, 1979
Theatrical
Canada
August 29, 1979 · Theatrical
Japan
May 31, 1980 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 11, 1979 · Theatrical
Romania
July 11, 1979 · Theatrical
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