72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Fire Raisers

Michael Powell
     77 m.
Synopsis
A fire investigator builds up a large business and marries the daughter of a Lloyds underwriter. He also runs up big betting debts and goes into partnership with an arsonist in an attempt to pay them off, but when he is unmasked, he goes to his own death, after rescuing another investigator. Based on a typical newspaper headline story of the day.
Director
Michael Powell
Screenplay
Michael Powell, Jerome Jackson
Photography
Leslie Rowson
Edition
D. N. Twist
Cast
Leslie Banks (Jim Bronson), Anne Grey (Arden Brent), Carol Goodner (Helen Vaughan), Frank Cellier (Brent)
Running Time
77 m.
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