Where's That Fire?

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Where's That Fire?

Directed by	Marcel Varnel
Produced by	Edward Black
Written by	Marriott Edgar Val Guest J.O.C. Orton
Starring	Will Hay Graham Moffatt Moore Marriott Charles Hawtrey
Cinematography	Arthur Crabtree
Editing by	R.E. Dearing
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release dates	6 January 1940
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Where's That Fire? is a 1940 British comedy film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. It was the last film Will Hay made with his stuntmen Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and the humour of Hay's films after he dropped work with them changed.

Synopsis

Will Hay plays the incompetent Fire Captain Viking who fails to find a large fire, gets lost in the process and ends up on a newspaper headline as 'The engine that never made it'.

Then after failing to appear before the town hall burns down, Fire Captain Viking is told to put out a fire successfully or else he and his men face the sack.

Not only do they fail in this objective, but their fire engine is stolen by criminals intent on stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London.

The location of the fire station (external shots only) is the former Angel and Crown pub overlooking the village pond, Mill Hill, London NW7.

A lost film for many years, it was rediscovered by the BBC in 1975. It has never officially been released on VHS or DVD, although it is now in the public domain and is available on numerous compilations.

Cast

Will Hay - Captain Viking
Moore Marriott - Jeremiah Harbottle
Graham Moffatt - Albert
Peter Gawthorne - Fire Chief
Eric Clavering - Hank Sullivan
Hugh McDermott - Jim Baker
Charles Hawtrey - Woodley
Dave O'Toole - Postman

External links

Where's That Fire? at the Internet Movie Database
Where's That Fire? is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]

v t e The films of Marcel Varnel

1930s	The Silent Witness (1932) Chandu the Magician (1932) Infernal Machine (1933) Freedom of the Seas (1934) Girls Will Be Boys (1934) Royal Cavalcade (1935) Dance Band (1935) The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935) No Monkey Business (1935) All In (1936) Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936) Good Morning, Boys (1937) Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) Convict 99 (1938) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) Hey! Hey! USA (1938) Old Bones of the River (1938) Ask a Policeman (1939) The Frozen Limits (1939)

1940s	Where's That Fire? (1940) O-Kay for Sound (1940) Band Waggon (1940) Let George Do It! (1940) Neutral Port (1940) Gasbags (1941) The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) Turned Out Nice Again (1941) I Thank You (1941) South American George (1941) Hi Gang! (1941) Much Too Shy (1942) King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) Get Cracking (1943) He Snoops to Conquer (1944) Bell-Bottom George (1944) I Didn't Do It (1945) George in Civvy Street (1946) This Man Is Mine (1946)

v t e Screenplays by Marriott Edgar

Screenplays	Windbag the Sailor (1936) Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) Good Morning, Boys (1937) Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937) Convict 99 (1938) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) Old Bones of the River (1938) Ask a Policeman (1939) The Frozen Limits (1939) Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) Band Waggon (1940) Where's That Fire? (1940) The Ghost Train (1941) Gasbags (1941) I Thank You (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) Miss London Ltd. (1943) Bees in Paradise (1944)

Family	Edgar Wallace (half-brother)

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Where's That Fire?

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