Where's That Fire (1939)

John Chard

8.0

Sep 25, 2014

The Engine That Never Made It! Where's That Fire? Is directed by Marcel Varnel and jointly written by Marriott Edgar, Val Guest and J.O.C. Orton. It stars Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott and Charles Hawtrey. The little town of Bishop's Wallop is home to a fire brigade, three stoic members of the community, Captain Viking (Hay), Jeremiah Harbottle (Marriott) & Albert (Moffatt). Trouble is is that they are completely inept and their record of putting fires out averages out at 1 in 17! Could Captain Viking's new foam formula save their jobs? Is it time that they got up to date and…

CinemaSerf

6.0

Jun 22, 2022

Essentially just a vehicle for Will Hay ("Capt. Viking"), I found this to be just a bit limited. He is the slovenly leader of a team of hopeless firemen who are given a bit of an ultimatum - either put out a fire or get the bullet. Not the hardest of tasks for a fireman, you would have thought but when their fire engine gets pinched by some would-be Crown Jewel robbers, they must get themselves a new wagon and finally put out a fire! Hay, working again with Moore Marriott ("Harbottle") and Graham Moffatt ("Brown"), have some predictably slapstick escapades that though harmless, I found just a…