Firehouse

Jan 2, 1973

1h 14m

★ 4.6

When the fire's out... the heat is on.

Overview

Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave of suspected arson in the ghetto. Pilot to the short-lived series that began a run in January 1974.

Genres

Drama

Action

TV Movie

Production Companies

Stonehenge Productions

Metromedia Producers Corporation

ABC

Firehouse Trailers

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Cast

Shelly Forsythe

Richard Roundtree

Spike Ryerson

Vince Edwards

Capt. Jim Parr

Andrew Duggan

Hank Myers

Richard Jaeckel

Sonny Caputo

Val Avery

Michelle Forsythe

Sheila Frazier

Ernie Bush

Michael Lerner

Billy Dalzell

Paul Le Mat

Mamu

Mel Scott

Spanish Lady

Alma Beltran

Eddie Doyle

Howard Curtis

Clarence

Mwako Cumbuka

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