City on Fire
Jul 11 1979
•2h 46m
•Action
An 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.
Cast
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Barry Newman
Dr. Frank Whitman
Susan Clark
Diana Brockhurst-Lautrec
Shelley Winters
Nurse Andrea Harper
Leslie Nielsen
Mayor William Dudley
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