Firestorm (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Firestorm |
| Original title | Ring of Fire |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrew L. Stone |
| script | Andrew L. Stone |
| production | Andrew L. Stone Virginia L. Stone |
| music | Duane Eddy |
| camera | William H. Clothier |
| cut | Virginia L. Stone |
| occupation | |
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Firestorm is a 1961 American crime film directed by Andrew L. Stone. The film premiered on June 14, 1961. In Germany it was released in cinemas on September 1st of the same year.
action
Sheriff Steve Walsh arrests three teenagers, Bobbie, Frank and Roy, in the Oregon woods. You are charged with a robbery on a gas station. On the way to the prison, Bobbie pulls out a hidden weapon. Now Walsh is a prisoner of the three young people. The three decide to flee on foot through the wooded mountain landscape, with Walsh to lead them. Bobbie, realizing Walsh's interest in her, tries to seduce him during the night, but is unsuccessful.
The next day, drunk Roy tries to push the sheriff into a ravine. A fight ensues in which Roy falls instead. When Walsh reached a clearing with Bobbie and Frank, a police search party was waiting for them. During an argument between Frank and Walsh, a forest fire breaks out, which is triggered by a carelessly discarded cigarette by Frank. The fire gets out of control and threatens the town Bobbie and Frank are being brought to.
Walsh accommodates the residents trapped in the flames in two railroad cars. With Bobbie's help, he drives the locomotive over a bridge. But in the middle of the bridge the locomotive fails and stops. The residents can escape to the other side of the bridge on foot. Frank takes advantage of the chaos and escapes his watchdogs. He climbs down the bridge, but it has already caught fire. The bridge collapses and falls into the river bed with Frank.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film about the film: "Moderately exciting adventure and crime thriller entertainment with a greasy and unbelievable happy ending. The gripping shots of the forest fire alone are attractive."
The film magazine Cinema writes: "The effective pyrotechnics are impressive, but completely flatten the conflict-laden material. Conclusion: a lot of smoke, little heat and a watery end."
background
The MGM production was shot in Vernonia, Oregon, and on the Wynoochee River in Washington state .
Duane Eddy composed and sang the title song of the film .
Director Stone had previously made a name for himself as a director through the use of natural light sources and sounds. Real film recordings of forest fires in Oregon and California were incorporated for the forest fire scenes.
Web links
- Firestorm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ring of Fire (1961) on nytimes.com (English), accessed on May 21, 2012.
- ↑ Firestorm. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cinema.de
- ↑ Firestorm at Turner Classic Movies (English)