Fires Were Started
Trailer: Fires Were Started
Year: 1943
Studio: Crown Film Unit
Director: Humphrey Jennings
Cast: Phillip Wilson-Dickson, George Gravett, Fred Griffiths, Johnny Houghton, Loris Rey, William Sansom
Crew: Humphrey Jennings (Director), Jock May (Sound Recordist), William Alwyn (Original Music Composer), Humphrey Jennings (Writer), C.M. Pennington-Richards (Director of Photography), Stewart McAllister (Editor)
Runtime: 70 minutes
Release: Apr 12, 1943
IMDb: 6.10/10 by 51 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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