The Firechasers | |
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![]() British quad poster by Brian Bysouth | |
Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
Written by | Philip Levene (as Philip Levine) |
Produced by | Julian Wintle |
Starring | Chad Everett Anjanette Comer |
Cinematography | Alan Hume |
Edited by | Lionel Selwyn |
Music by | Laurie Johnson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date | 3 June 1971 (UK) |
Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Firechasers is a 1971 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, and Keith Barron.[1] 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.[2]
While investigating the cause of a series of lethal fires in London, U.S. insurance man Quentin Barnaby falls in love with beautiful journalist Toby Collins. Working alongside and pooling information with Toby and her photographer, Jim Maxwell, Barnaby hopes they share a common goal, that of "firechasing" the identity of the arsonist responsible.
TV Guide called it "so-so entertainment";[3] 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."[4]