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The Firechasers
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Wikipedia article
'The Firechasers' is a 1971 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, and Keith Barron. Its plot concerns an insurance investigator who tries to find out who is behind a series of arson attacks. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios.
Plot
While investigating the cause of a series of lethal fires in London, U.S. insurance man Quentin Barnaby (Chad Everett) falls in love with beautiful journalist Toby Collins (Anjanette Comer). Working alongside and pooling information with Toby and her photographer, Jim Maxwell (Keith Barron), Barnaby hopes they share a common goal, that of "firechasing" the identity of the arsonist responsible.
Cast
* Chad Everett Quentin Barnaby
* Anjanette Comer Toby Collins
* Keith Barron Jim Maxwell
* Joanne Dainton Valerie Chrane
* Rupert Davies Prentice
* James Hayter Inspector Herman
* Robert Flemyng Carlton
* Roy Kinnear Roscoe
* Allan Cuthbertson D.O Jarvis
* John Loder Routledge
Critical reception
'TV Guide' called it "so-so entertainment"; while the 'Radio Times' wrote, "director Sidney Hayers keeps up the pace as unlikely insurance investigator Everett hunts an arsonist throughout a London peopled with well-known British character actors."
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