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RUNTIME
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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Rookie Fireman
1950 1h 3m EN
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7.5
BANGER
★7.5TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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Merchant seaman Joe Blake, in love with Peggy Walters, takes the job of a rookie fireman in a big city department. His commander is strict-disciplinarian Fire Captain Jess Henshaw.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Bill Williams
Joe Blake
Barton MacLane
Captain Jess Henshaw
Gloria Henry
Peggy Walters
Marjorie Reynolds
Margie Williams
Richard Quine
Johnny Truitt
John Ridgely
Harry Williams
Richard Benedict
Al Greco
Cliff Clark
Captain Mack Connors
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Seymour Friedman
- Writers
- Harry Fried, Jerry Sackheim
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Seymour Friedman directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 276 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Bill Williams and Barton MacLane and Gloria Henry carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0178005 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 63 min · 1h 3m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Seymour Friedman
Production companies
Who made it
Columbia Pictures
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- library of congress
- ucla
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1950-09-08
