Tensions arise when a previously all-white firehouse gets its first black fireman.Tensions arise when a previously all-white firehouse gets its first black fireman.Tensions arise when a previously all-white firehouse gets its first black fireman.
Sheila Frazier
- Michelle Forsythe
- (as Sheila E. Frazier)
Otis Day
- Oldest Boy
- (as Dewayne Jessie)
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- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe firehouse was later used for the interiors of Ghostbusters headquarters in Ghostbusters 1 and 2.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Firehouse (1974)
Featured review
Fair but Fun
Firehouse (1973)
** (out of 4)
Two black men set an apartment building on fire, which leads to the death of a white firefighter. That firefighter is replaced with a black man (Richard Roundtree), which doesn't set well in an all white firehouse. Like many other made for TV flicks, this one here really just touches the surface of many issues but never really dives deep into them. The film is mildly entertaining at just 72-minutes but God knows there are better films dealing with the race issue. Roundtree is pretty wooden in his role and it's rather strange because we're suppose to feel sympathy for him but at the start of the film he really comes off as one mean SOB.
** (out of 4)
Two black men set an apartment building on fire, which leads to the death of a white firefighter. That firefighter is replaced with a black man (Richard Roundtree), which doesn't set well in an all white firehouse. Like many other made for TV flicks, this one here really just touches the surface of many issues but never really dives deep into them. The film is mildly entertaining at just 72-minutes but God knows there are better films dealing with the race issue. Roundtree is pretty wooden in his role and it's rather strange because we're suppose to feel sympathy for him but at the start of the film he really comes off as one mean SOB.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 25, 2008
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Comando antifuego
- Filming locations
- Fire Station 23 - 225 E. 5th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(As NYC: The Engine 23 fire department station)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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