Y'a pas le feu... (1985) Directed by Richard Balducci
Comedy
Film Synopsis
In the wake of a series of arson attacks, all seemingly perpetrated by the
same unknown individual, the enterprising mayor of a small French town creates
a volunteer fire service, recruiting five young men eager to serve the community.
The latter refuse to put out a single fire unless the lovely Maryline is
allowed to join their ranks. One of the new recruits decides to use
the fire engine as a means of transport to get him to a party, but on the
way back he abandons it in the open countryside.
The mysterious arsonist then steals the fire engine and uses its ladder to
gain entrance to a woman's house. When the fiend is arrested he turns
out to be none other than the chief fireman. Naturally, when this news
gets out the mayor has no choice but to disband the fire service, but having
done so his own house suddenly goes up in flames. Meanwhile, the dismissed
volunteer fire fighters are amusing themselves at the cinema watching, would
you believe it, The Towering Inferno...
Cast: Hubert Deschamps (Le curé),
Henri Génès (Le maire),
Mouss (Un pompier),
Philippe Klébert (Un pompier),
Pascal Mandoula (Un pompier),
Manault Didier (Un pompier),
Basile (Un pompier),
Eric Missoffe (Un pompier),
Françoise Blanchard (Juliette),
Daniel Darnault (Edouard Lorimont, le lieutenant),
Dominique Zardi (Gaston, le mari jaloux),
Baaron (Le cuisinier noir),
Jean Saudray (Célestin, le paysan),
Daniel Derval (Le patron du restaurant),
Etienne Draber (L'adjudant),
Frederika,
Isabelle Camus,
Catherine Genese,
Rachel Genevin,
Eddy Jabès
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 79 min
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