Cuibul salamandrelor
| Cuibul salamandrelor | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mircea Drăgan |
| Produced by |
Mircea Mohor Dick Randall |
| Written by | Ioan Grigorescu |
| Music by | Gino Peguri |
| Cinematography | Gheorghe Cristea |
| Editing by | Lucia Anton |
| Release dates | 1977 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |
Romania Italy |
| Language | Romanian |
Cuibul salamandrelor is a 1977 Romanian-Italian film directed by Mircea Drăgan. It is also known as "The Billion Dollar Fire".[1] [2]
Plot
An International petroleum company named "Consolidated Oil" secretly lits an oil well in the Sahara because the local government in the Middle East doesn't comply with their demands. Due to the expected size of the damage oil prices hit the roof. Merely as an alibi the company's president (Mr. Stewart) assigns John Carter aka "Salamander" to take care of this matter. Yet once Carter arrives on location one of the company's representants hinders him to extinguish the endurance burning and signalises to him that this catastrophe happened for a reason. "Consolidated Oil" hires a Romanian crew with lesser experience in regards to this kind of burnings. But the Romanian specialists team up with Carter and find prove for arson. Step by step they succeed in putting the seven fire sources to rest. "Consolidated Oil" tries to sabotage the firefighting but their attempts are proven futile. Finally the International news media disclose the conspiration. Stewart is unmasked as one of the driving forces behind the scheme. He needs to learn that he is chosen as a pawn sacrifice and while he still thinks this over he is murdered. His secretary isn't surprised at all when she's informed he just died. Instead she is eager to show the obituary she wrote. Meanwhile the Romanian firefighters are publicly celebrated in Arabia.
Cast
- Stuart Whitman as John Carter aka "Salamander"
- Gheorghe Dinică as George
- Radu Beligan as Professor Luca
- Florin Piersic as Dan
- Jean Constantin as Jean
- Valentin Plătăreanu as Ionescu
- Mircea Diaconu as Grigore
- Mihai Boghiță as Mihai
- Paola Senatore as Diana Astor
- Constantin Dinulescu - the doctor
- Woody Strode as Ben
- Tony Kendall as Ahmed (or Tony in the German version)
- Ray Milland as Stewart
- Ioana Drăgan as Miss Davidson, Stewart's secretary
- William Berger as Peter Mann
- Gordon Mitchell as Joe
- Roberto Messina as Fred
Reception
Cuibul salamandrelor has been listed as one of the ten best films with Tony Kendall.[3]
DVD Release
A PAL version has been released as Fireforce (Brennendes Inferno) by a company called Elfra. It includes an English and a German-language version as well as filmographies.
References
- ↑ "Cuibul salamandrelor". Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ↑ "Cinema Nocturna Remembers Gordon Mitchell". Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ↑ "Top Tony Kendall movies". Retrieved 2013-07-10.