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City on Fire is a 1979 disaster movie directed by Alvin Rakoff and featuring an "all-star cast" as was accustomed for the time. The film's plot revolves around a disgruntled civil servant who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city. Various people try to either fight or flee the fire as it spreads throughout the city. Some elements of the disaster depicted reflect the infamous Texas City Disaster of 1947.

The film was partially financed by the government agency Telefilm Canada and filmed on a relatively confined budget. Some of the fire sequences utilized stock footage from both existing movies and news footage. City on Fire was ultimately a failed venture for the company and had a limited run at the American box office. The film was resurrected from obscurity by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1989, and has since been known as an example of campy disaster B-movies since.

Cast

Barry Newman
as Dr. Frank Whitman
Susan Clark
as Diana Brockhurst-Lautrec
Shelley Winters
as Nurse Andrea Harper
Leslie Nielsen
as Mayor William Dudley
James Franciscus
as Jimbo
Ava Gardner
as Maggie Grayson
Henry Fonda
as Chief Albert Risley
Jonathan Welsh
as Herman Stover
Richard Donat as Capt. Harrison Risley
Mavor Moore
as John O'Brien

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