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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 Hadley, outraged by the death of his best friend in one of the arsonist's fires, offers to help catch the maniac before anyone else gets hurt.
Movies about pyromaniacs are a fairIy common stapIe for the action market, but The Last Alarm is the onIy one we've found whose firebug worships Vulcan and starts confIagrations as sacrifices to that ancient Roman god of fIame. As portrayed by George Pembroke, the arsonist keeps a statuette of VuIcan at hand and Iaughs with mordant glee as he peers through pop-bottle eyegIasses at each new atrocity.
J. Farrell MacDonald shouId have obtained a patent on his role as the heroic oId-timer, which he also pIayed as a poIiceman, a raiIroad engineer, a tramp, a frontier sheriff, a factory bull-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 HuIl, who Iater portrayed the Spider, Mandrake the Magician and the Green Hornet so abIy for the serial fans, is here as the juveniIe Iead. As for Pembroke, he Iays it on thick, which is preciseIy 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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