''Flashfire'' is a 1993 American action crime thriller film directed by
Elliot Silverstein
Elliot Silverstein (born August 3, 1927) is an American film and television director. He directed the Academy Award-winning western comedy '' Cat Ballou'' (1965), and other films including '' The Happening'' (1967), '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970) ...
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, He had his stage debut at the age of 17, in a school production of '' You Can't Take It with You.'' Shortly after he successfully ...
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, He had his stage debut at the age of 17, in a school production of '' You Can't Take It with You.'' Shortly after he successfully ...
Louis Giambalvo
Louis Giambalvo (born February 8, 1945) is an American actor, frequently seen on television in guest roles.
Early life and education
Giambalvo was born and raised in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, where he attended Ca ...
as Al Sherwin
* Tom Mason as Art Cantrell
*Gregory Millar as Paulie
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Ric Drasin
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as Kraus von Zeck
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Caroline Williams
Caroline Williams is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Stretch in ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' film series. Her other film roles include '' Alamo Bay'' (1985), ''The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985), '' Step ...
as Ann
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Mimi Kennedy
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as Kate Cantrell
*Arthur Hansel as Ralph Flinder
Production
The film was shot in Los Angeles.
Release
The film was released direct-to-video in 1995.
Reception
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TV Guide
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'' gave the film a negative review: "Although it adequately sets up its complicated (if cliched) storyline, it falls apart in the last reel, particularly in Gossett's vaguely motivated switch to a bad guy (it has something to do with him losing his life savings in one of the burned buildings)."
David Parkinson of '' Radio Times'' awarded the film two stars out of five and wrote, "Carelessly directed by Elliot Silverstein (whose previous work includes ''
Cat Ballou
''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and la ...
'' and '' A Man Called Horse''), this muddled tale of corruption and conspiracy comes to an abrupt and highly unsatisfactory conclusion."