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The Last Alarm (1940) [Crime] [Drama]
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2012
- The Last Alarm is a 1940 American Monogram Picture film directed by William West.
Captain Jim Hadley, Fire Chief, has his retirement dinner after 40 years in the service. Next day, time hangs very heavy on his hands so that he even chats to a brush salesman (who has a perfect Elmer Fudd voice.) Bored he later visits his old fire station; Fire Company No.7 and talks to the men there, who are called out on a fire. The Great Eastern Insurance Company where Frank Rogers (who is interested in Hadley's daughter Jane) works. There has been a number of fires lately and a firebug (arsonist) is suspected. This thought is echoed at the Arson Bureau where Lieutenant King, chased up by the Mayor, tells Henderson and Roberts he wants results. They know it is an arsonist who uses time bombs and petrol. The arsonist turns out to be the keeper of an antiques shop, which Joan visits.
Jim is making plans for the future with Burt Stafford who is due to retire soon. Burt is called out on a fire with the others and is very badly injured there. He dies in hospital, with Jim standing beside him. The antiques man has called at the Hadley home to bring a salt and pepper set he had to do minor work on, which Joan had bought. She sees the gleam in his eyes when she lights a match. Jim joins the arson investigation at the bureau, having had some experience when he was in the fire brigade. Spectroscopic analysis of wood found at the scene of the last big fire reveals that part of the burnt time bomb box Jim found was maple wood, so he, Henderson and Roberts scour the city for the maker of the boxes and who they sold them to.
At another big fire, Jim comes across a statue of Vulcan (Roman god of fire) which the arsonist dropped, it being his inspiration. The arsonist gets it from Jim's unlocked car where he put it. Mention of this statue later and the fact that Frank and Joan saw it in the antique shop window provide a strong lead so they get a search warrant. They do not find any bomb making equipment but Jim finds wood shavings which later analysis reveals to be the same wood as that used for the time bomb box. Jim and Frank go after the arsonist who has lost his bureau tail. The arsonist goes to the basement of the Hadley house where he plants a time bomb. He goes upstairs and confronts Mrs Hadley and Joan and as Jim and Frank realise he may be back at their house, having been seen in the vicinity, the bomb goes off and the basement catches fire. The arsonist tells the women Jim should not have interfered in his work. The men bust in the door and while Frank escorts the women outside, Jim goes after the arsonist, who now babbling about being the god of fire, falls down the basement steps into the burning basement and dies. Some time later there is another dinner in honour of Jim who has got a new job. Honorary Fire Chief of the city.
The film contained film from a number of large authentic fires, a fire station, and firemen rushing to the fires and fighting the fires. No acknowledgment was given to the fire service. The unnamed city was probably Los Angeles.
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Directed by William West, produced by Ted Richmond (associate producer) and T.R. Williams (producer), written by Al Martin, starring J. Farrell MacDonald as Jim Hadley, Polly Ann Young as Joan Hadley, Warren Hull as Frank Rogers, George, Pembroke as Wendell, Mary Gordon as Mrs Hadley, Joel Friedkin as Burt Stafford, Bruce MacFarlane as Jack Henderson, Eddie Hart as Dick Roberts, Willard Hall as Briggs, Charles Anthony Hughes Lieutenant King, Charles R. Phipps as Stevens, Eddie Kane as Fire Chief, James Coughlin as Cummings, Ted Richmond, T.R. Williams, Lee Zahler, Harry Neumann, Russell F. Schoengarth, Chris Beute, Glenn Cook and Karl Zint.
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Source: "The Last Alarm" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 13 December 2011. Web. 19 September 2012. en.wikipedia.or....
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TMC! A short description (Synopsis) is always very much appreciated, BUT writing an essay about it sort of defeats the purpose of watching the movie. It does not leave anything to the imagination of the potential viewer. So please, don’t spoil the fun☺️
Great movie !!! I love old movies and firemen movies. You see i am a fireman who hung up his boots after 30+ years. I miss it like the captain does in this timeless classic. Thanks for this great one !!!!
I miss it, too. Retired from the Dallas FD.
Thanks brothers.
Just another reason they are called " Classics " ...Great movie thanks for posting !
Fantastic crime drama movie about a man who was a fire maniac and the firemen
Many of us don't thank our fire departments or our police departments who save lives everyday
Years ago if it wasn't for the police and the fire department I would have been dead.
Thanks for the upload Timeless classic movies.
Ed
As a retired battalion chief I found this kinda funny but interesting.
May God protect all First Responders.
For all those who were wondering about the guy with the Elmer Fudd-like voice,
James Coughlin made only 4 films. THE LAST ALARM was the last one. His 3
others were: MY SON IS GUILTY (1939): he played the role of henchman. Also
In 1939, THOSE GREY WALLS -- in which he was a convict. He made his debut
in a short subject comedy: HER HIRED HUSBAND (1930) -- which was the only
other film in which he was credited.
Retirement really ISN'T what it's cracked up to be.
Tell me about it
Much of it is not, I'm sure - and I'm not retired. ... It's also a little funny how there's a pun in "retired." Like you're putting new tires on your car, and there's another definition in that idea. How you can "re-tire" your life to go in a new direction, I guess. Interesting.
I've been retiring the last 3 days.
Last weekend too. New year's and christmas. Now back to work. Retirement will be fine for me, but I can't. Do nothing all day, sounds great!!
Everyone dressed so formally in those days.
The brush salesman sounds like elmer fudd.
tank you fowr letting me in da film..haaa haaah hahhhh
Thanks so much for your swell description telling us EVERYTHING about the movie. It tells it all exactly like it plays, making it entirely unnecessary to even watch it.....but thanks for posting it...just in case anybody wants to make sure it all matches up.
Judging by the helmets used by the firemen, i believe the film footage is of either the Los Angeles or San Francisco Fire Dept. A unique type of helmet. They were made of metal. I own of them. Antique and hard to fiind.
Cairns Bros. Tin "Senator" helmet, when the fire was raging, they were often worn "backwards" (long tail in the front) they would act as a heat-break from the intense heat of the fire on the firefighter's face
Polly Ann Young is Loretta Young's older sister...their resemblance, and their voices, are quite strikingly similar...and that's twice as nice...p,s, anybody got a match?
Loved Elmer Fudd coming to the door with mops and brushes for sale.
wonderful little movie...thank you..
Thank you.
for a Monogram picture this has a way above average look. . The b&w tones are really quite beautiful and the fire scenes are amazing and well integrated into the visuals. A nice find, TCM. thanks.
"You can't catch me...I'm the God of Fire...HA HA HA HA !!!"... Looks like fire finally caught him. Like thhe old saying goes, .... "If you play with matches you'll get burned.".
Awesome, now I know how to spot a pyromaniac
Mary Borden was the housekeeper at sherlock Holmes.
Mary Gordon!
The best line on the show is. " Is there any meat in the house'
1940 film. The actor playing the retiring fire captain was born in 1875, so he is 65 years here. Or maybe 64 depending on when the movie was produced versus released. I'm 64 (still think Im 24) and I don't look anywhere near as old as this guy looks!!!! I thought he was 75 or late seventies. Yikes!!
My goodness Polly Ann Young of whom I had never heard is Loretta young's older sister, and had I not read that, I would have said "Wow, that Polly Ann looks like Loretta young."
Pretty like her too.
TMC! A short description (Synopsis) is always very much appreciated, BUT writing an essay about it sort of defeats the purpose of watching the movie. It does not leave anything to the imagination of the potential viewer. So please, don’t spoil the fun☺️
Well said.
The synopsis is from Wikipedia, so don't blame the owner of this channel. An apology would be appreciated. Some of us like having the synopsis here. If you don't want it, just don't read it. Shame on you!
@@marywilliams9858 Not at all well said. You should apologize as well.
No TV or Net. Couldnt he go for a nice long walk or drive in the country or go fishing?
I don't think I need to watch the movie after reading the description. Was there anything left out?
well do not read the description..most I never look at title or post..this was grea movie..thanks u for putting it on utube
Cherry Howell / I agree with you 100%! A synopsis is a great help in finding out what the film is all about, but this is ridiculously TOO LONG.
Is this the move that inspired 'Backdraft' in 1989? I've never seen that movie but I've heard that it's terrible.
@John Heath: Is that Mel Blanc, or is it Arthur Q. Bryan? Neither is mentioned in the credits, but IMDB says Arthur Q. Bryan did the voice of Elmer Fudd in the Warner Brothers cartoons.
It's not Mel Blanc.
It is Elmer Fudd and bugs bunny.
What happened to part two, did it got lost in a fire ? The beginning is fine alright but I'd like to know how it finishes..
Mike Mazurki (uncredited) at 26:11 (starting at 25:23).
Yeah, you can't mistake mike Maazurki...the man stood out like a building.
Ha..Mel Blanc comes in around 8:20... Alymer Fudd the sales man...
Is it Mel blanc?
Older ladies were allowed to be fat.
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Speed kills
Ol' Jim is useless around the house. He needs a hobby and should travel.
Truly last alarm, never wait for a firemen buddy. Early days of fire fighters good load. Creappy dude likes fire . What a flick . She will put it together. UA-cam. Flick picks up quick.
Ha OK my mistake :) My computer for one or another reason first only gave the first half hour... Reopening the computer gave me the last 25 minutes !
I think that at one time 99% of policemen and firemen in the cities were Irish lol--the older woman actress in this was also in alot of East Side Kids movies as Muggs Maloney's (Leo Gorcey) mother
They were for certain cities and towns. Irish then italians too. Old Boston was "Irish need not apply". Signs were posted, for housing too. When Irish came over during famine, etc. But then they started working on the docks and warehouses and other sites. Then they started hiring them on the police department and the fire department.
An unusual Monogram programmer touching upon issues of retirement, long-term friendship and starring the under-appreciated J. Farrell MacDonald. Once you see him in one feature, you'll never forget him. And lots of other films to see him in too are available on youtube! www.imdb.com/name/nm0531759/?ref_=tt_cl_t1
This is bullshit; not crime nor drama. Just ten minutes of startup of bullshit.