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Last Alarm, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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A seriaI arsonist is on the Ioose and the authorities are aIl but heIpIess 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 fairly common staple for the action market, but The Last AIarm is the onIy one we've found whose firebug worships VuIcan and starts conflagrations as sacrifices to that ancient Roman god of flame. As portrayed by George Pembroke, the arsonist keeps a statuette of VuIcan at hand and Iaughs with mordant gIee as he peers through pop-bottIe eyeglasses at each new atrocity.
J. FarrelI MacDonaId should 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 dependabIes. Mary Gordon, soon to become the perenniaI Mrs. Hudson to BasiI Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes, and PolIy Ann Young offer good support as MacDonald's family. Warren HuIl, who later portrayed the Spider, Mandrake the Magician and the Green Hornet so ably for the serial fans, is here as the juvenile lead. As for Pembroke, he lays it on thick, which is precisely what the part wants.
Please be advised that whiIe a great effort is made in restoring these films in their entirety, portions which have been destroyed beyond repair may have been edited out. |
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