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Firestorm

Firestorm

Fight fire with fire.

19985.21h 29m

Overview

Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover $37,000,000 in stashed loot.

Directed by Dean Semler
Written by Chris Soth
Produced by Thomas M. Hammel, Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman
Box OfficeBudget: $19.0MRevenue: $8.2M

Top Cast

Howie Long

Howie Long

Jessie Graves

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Wynt Perkins

Suzy Amis

Suzy Amis

Jennifer

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Randall Shaye

Christianne Hirt

Christianne Hirt

Monica

Garwin Sanford

Garwin Sanford

Pete

Sebastian Spence

Sebastian Spence

Cowboy

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Packer

Vladimir Kulich

Vladimir Kulich

Karge

Michael Greyeyes

Michael Greyeyes

Andy

Themes & Keywords

prisonfireprison escapecriminalforest firefirefighter

About Firestorm

Firestorm is a action, adventure, thriller film released in 1998 exploring themes of prison, fire, prison escape, criminal, forest fire, firefighter. Directed by Dean Semler, it stars Howie Long, Scott Glenn, Suzy Amis. Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover $37,000,000 in stashed loot.

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