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As a young boy Brian McCafferty (William Baldwin) watches his fire-fighter father perish while on a ride along with him. Years on Brian decides to join the fire service and becomes a rookie fire fighter. To try and earn the respect of his older brother, Stephen (Kurt Russell) and the other fire fighters, Brian takes a part in an investigation into a string of arson attacks and murders after becoming frightened in a fire situation, and then gets into an investigative office and finds that he is now not only putting out the arsonist's fires, he's trying to track them down.

This film is a detailed look into the duties and lives of firemen with the most amazing pyrotechnics and special effects.

Keywords:

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Disaster, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1991) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Kurt Russell	.... Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey
William Baldwin	.... Brian McCaffrey
Robert De Niro	.... Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale
Donald Sutherland	.... Ronald Bartel
Jennifer Jason-Leigh	.... Jennifer Vaitkus
Scott Glenn	.... John 'Axe' Adcox

Supporting Cast:

Rebecca De Mornay	.... Helen McCaffrey
Jason Gedrick	.... Tim Krizminski
J.T. Walsh	.... Alderman Marty Swayzak
Anthony Mockus Sr.	.... Chief John Fitzgerald
Cedric Young	.... Grindle
Juan Ramírez	.... Ray Santos
Kevin Casey	.... Nightingale
Jack McGee	.... Schmidt
Mark Wheeler	.... Pengelly
Richard Lexsee	.... Washington
Beep Iams	.... Sean McCaffrey
Ryan Todd	.... Brian at Age 7
Robert Swan	.... Bartender
Clint Howard	.... Pathologist

Directors:

Ron Howard

Writers:

Gregory Widen

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