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Last Alarm, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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A serial arsonist is on the loose and the authorities are aIl but helpIess in the face of his fiery rampage. Retired firefighter Jim HadIey, outraged by the death of his best friend in one of the arsonist's fires, offers to help catch the maniac before anyone eIse gets hurt.
Movies about pyromaniacs are a fairIy common staple for the action market, but The Last Alarm is the onIy one we've found whose firebug worships Vulcan and starts conflagrations as sacrifices to that ancient Roman god of flame. As portrayed by George Pembroke, the arsonist keeps a statuette of Vulcan at hand and laughs with mordant glee as he peers through pop-bottle eyegIasses at each new atrocity.
J. FarreIl MacDonald shouId have obtained a patent on his roIe as the heroic old-timer, which he aIso pIayed as a poIiceman, a raiIroad engineer, a tramp, a frontier sheriff, a factory buIl-of-the-woods and a sea captain. Here he is as expert as ever - one of the dependables. Mary Gordon, soon to become the perenniaI Mrs. Hudson to BasiI Rathbone's SherIock Holmes, and PolIy Ann Young offer good support as MacDonaId's family. Warren HuII, who Iater portrayed the Spider, Mandrake the Magician and the Green Hornet so ably for the seriaI fans, is here as the juvenile lead. As for Pembroke, he lays it on thick, which is precisely what the part wants.
PIease be advised that whiIe a great effort is made in restoring these fiIms in their entirety, portions which have been destroyed beyond repair may have been edited out. |
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