City on Fire
What Happened to Them Could Happen to You... In Any City Anywhere!
1979 | 106m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Alvin Rakoff |
|---|---|
| Writer: | David P. Lewis, Céline La Frenière, Jack Hill |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 11, 1979 |
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| Director: | Alvin Rakoff |
| Writer: | David P. Lewis, Céline La Frenière, Jack Hill |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | fire, fire engine, revenge, rescue, disaster, arson, hospital, explosion, trapped, oil refinery, burning building, disaster movie, firefighter, canuxploitation, television / tv studio |
| Production Companies | Astral Films, Canadian Film Development Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Barry Newman | Dr. Frank Whitman |
| Susan Clark | Diana Brockhurst-Lautrec |
| Shelley Winters | Nurse Andrea Harper |
| Leslie Nielsen | Mayor William Dudley |
| James Franciscus | Jimbo |
| Ava Gardner | Maggie Grayson |
| Henry Fonda | Fire Chief Risley |
| Jonathan Welsh | Herman Stover |
| Hilary Farr | Mrs. Adams |
| Richard Donat | Captain Harrison Risley |
| Mavor Moore | John O'Brien |
| Donald Pilon | Dr. Matwick |
| Terry Haig | Terry James |
| Cec Linder | Councilman Paley |
| Ken James | Andrew |
| Jefferson Mappin | Beezer |
| Earl Pennington | Mr. Clark |
| Sonny Forbes | Tom |
| Bronwen Mantel | Sarah Watts |
| Janice Chaikelson | Debbie Watts |
| Steven Chaikelson | Gerald Watts |
| Murray Cruchley | Tony Miller |
| Jérôme Tiberghien | Fireman Waller |
| Mel Ryane | Nurse Florence Stoddard |
| Anthony Sherwood | Sam |
| John Friesen | Albert |
| Nancy Beatty | Mary Stover |
| Doug Smith | Attendant Franks |
| Maria De Aragon | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Emil Glassbourg | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David P. Lewis | Writer |
| Céline La Frenière | Writer |
| Matthew McCauley | Original Music Composer |
| William McCauley | Original Music Composer |
| René Verzier | Director of Photography |
| William McCrow | Production Design |
| Claude Marchand | Art Direction |
| Csaba András Kertész | Set Decoration |
| Yvon Duhaime | Costume Design |
| Alvin Rakoff | Director |
| Jack Hill | Writer |
| Kenneth Heeley-Ray | Sound |
| Cliff Wenger | Special Effects |
| Grant Page | Stunt Coordinator |
| William Cruse | Visual Effects |
| Roger Héroux | Production Manager |
| Charles Braive | First Assistant Director |
| Pedro Gandol | Third Assistant Director |
| Daniel Hausmann | Second Assistant Director |
| Lyse Lafontaine | Unit Manager |
| Danny Rossner | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Monique Brasseur | Production Secretary |
| Ann Bell | Casting |
| Anna St. Johns | Casting |
| Karen Hazzard | Casting |
| Victoria Mitchell | Casting |
| Ingrid Fischer | Casting |
| Patrick Rousseau | Sound Mixer |
| Jean-Pol Passet | Editor |
| Jacques Clairoux | Editor |
| Cliff Wenger Jr. | Special Effects Assistant |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Claude Héroux | Producer |
| Harold Greenberg | Executive Producer |
| Sandy Howard | Executive Producer |
| Howard Lipson | Associate Producer |
| Larry Nesis | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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