City on Fire
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
City on Fire (1979, USA/Canada) is a Disaster-Thriller directed by Alvin Rakoff
Main Details
- Released in 1979
- Color
- Running time: 106 min.
- Production Co: Astral Bellevue Pathé | Telefilm Canada
- Distribution Co: AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Directed by Alvin Rakoff
- Produced by Claude Héroux
- Written by Jack Hill, Dave Lewis, Céline La Frenière
- Starring Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda
- Music by Matthew McCauley, William McCauley
- Cinematography René Verzier
Plot Summary
- A pyromaniac, 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.
Also Known As
- Argentina - Ciudad en llamas
- Austria - Stadt in Flammen
- Australia - City on Fire
- Belgium (French title) - Cite en feu
- Belgium (Flemish title) Stad in vlammen
- Brazil - Cidade em Chamas
- Canada (English title) - City on Fire
- Chile - Ciudad en llamas
- Colombia - Ciudad en llamas: Catástrofe 2000
- Germany (DVD title) City Inferno: Menschliche Fackeln
- Denmark - Byen brænder
- Spain (DVD title) - Ciudad en llamas
- Spain - Emergencia
- Finland - Kaupunki liekeissä
- France - Cité en feu
- UK - City on Fire
- Greece - O mavros hrysos ekdikeitai tin poli
- Greece - Ο μαυροσ χρυσός εκδικείται την πόλη
- Hungary -Lángoló város
- Ireland (English title) City on Fire
- Italy - Città in fiamme
- Japan (English title) City on Fire
- Mexico - Ciudad en llamas
- Netherlands - Stad in vlammen
- Norway - Byen brenner
- New Zealand (English title) City on Fire
- Peru - Ciudad en llamas
- Poland - Miasto w ogniu
- Portugal - Cidade em Chamas
- Romania - Oras in flacari
- Serbia - Grad u plamenu
- Soviet Union (Russian title) (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) Gorod v ogne
- Soviet Union (Russian title) Город в огне
- Turkey (Turkish title) Yangin
- Venezuela - Ciudad en llamas
- Germany - Stadt in Flammen
Tagline
- What Happened to Them Could Happen to You ... In Any City Anywhere!