Where's That Fire? (Original title)
Date: 1939 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Marcel Varnel
Synopsis: The incompetent fire brigade of Bishops Wallop, comprised of Captain Viking, Jerry and Albert, is in danger of being disbanded by the village council. While trying to fing their way to a large oil refinery fire, and losing their way in the attempt, a fire had burnt down the council hall. In a report on the event, a photograph of their old horse-drawn engine had appeared in a local newspaper, which is seen by a gang of crooks. The gang are planning to steal the crown jewels during the diversion caused by a fire at the Tower of London and need a fire engine of the same model as that based at the Tower to do this. When the Bishops Wallop engine is stolen by the gang, Captain Viking and his crew find the crooks by using their horse to track the engine down. Arriving at the Tower while the crooks are stealing the jewels, Viking and crew overpower them in a fight.Synopsis: Farce of the adventures of the Bishops Wallop fire brigade and crooks after the Crown Jewels who steal an old fire engine.
Genres: Comedy, Action and Adventure
Subjects: Fire brigades, H.M. Tower of London
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Length: 6644 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1939 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Marcel Varnel
Synopsis: The incompetent fire brigade of Bishops Wallop, comprised of Captain Viking, Jerry and Albert, is in danger of being disbanded by the village council. While trying to fing their way to a large oil refinery fire, and losing their way in the attempt, a fire had burnt down the council hall. In a report on the event, a photograph of their old horse-drawn engine had appeared in a local newspaper, which is seen by a gang of crooks. The gang are planning to steal the crown jewels during the diversion caused by a fire at the Tower of London and need a fire engine of the same model as that based at the Tower to do this. When the Bishops Wallop engine is stolen by the gang, Captain Viking and his crew find the crooks by using their horse to track the engine down. Arriving at the Tower while the crooks are stealing the jewels, Viking and crew overpower them in a fight.Synopsis: Farce of the adventures of the Bishops Wallop fire brigade and crooks after the Crown Jewels who steal an old fire engine.
Genres: Comedy, Action and Adventure
Subjects: Fire brigades, H.M. Tower of London
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Length: 6644 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 73 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Twentieth Century Productions Ltd, Production Company: Twentieth Century Productions Ltd, In Charge of Production: Maurice Ostrer, Producer: Edward Black, [Production Manager]: Fred Gunn, [Production Assistant]: Roy Ward Baker, Screenplay: J.O.C. Orton, Screenplay: Val Guest, Screenplay: Marriott Edgar, [Based on a story by]: Maurice Braddell, Photography: Arthur Crabtree, [Tower of London Model by]: John Thorpe, Editor: R.E. Dearing, Cutting: Alfred Roome, Settings: Vetchinsky, [Props]: George King, Musical Director: Louis Levy, Recording: W. Salter, Studio: Gainsborough Studios
Cast
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Will Hay (Captain Benjamin Viking), Moore Marriott (Jerry Harbottle), Graham Moffatt (Albert Brown), Eric Clavering (Hank Sullivan), Hugh McDermott (Jim Baker), Charles Hawtrey (youth), Peter Gawthorne (H.Q. chief officer), Frank Atkinson ([town clerk]), Clifford Buckton ([1st driver]), George Carney ([councillor]), Wilson Coleman ([doctor]), David Kier ([councillor]), Philip Leaver ([chief crook]), Dave O'Toole ([postman]), Sebastian Smith ([mayor of Bishop's Wallop]), Charles Victor ([petrol station proprietor])