Independent U.S. distributors Scorpion Releasing have confirmed that they are bringing to Blu-ray director Alvin Rakoff's action thriller
City on Fire (1979), starring Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, and James Franciscus. The release is expected to arrive on the market in September.
Synopsis: A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city. Cinematography by René Verzier (David Cronenberg's
Rabid, Rakoff's
Death Ship).