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14 April 1985 (USA)
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Unintentionally hilarious made-for-TV film starring a not-so-young Gary Coleman as a teenage arsonist...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gary Coleman | ... | David Phillips |
 | Cicely Tyson | ... | Carol Phillips |
 | Ron O'Neal | ... | Steve Phillips |
| Yaphet Kotto | ... | Fire Chief Walker |
| Tammy Lauren | ... | Pamela Fredericks |
| Tom Fridley | ... | Mike Harris |
| Salome Jens | ... | Dr. Becker |
| Richard McKenzie | ... | Principal Sweeney |
| Arthur Burghardt | ... | Harry |
| Jacque Lynn Colton | ... | Miss Somerhalter |
| Rance Howard | ... | Fireman Goodwin |
| Ron Jackson | ... | Fireman Wilson |
 | Cherie Johnson | ... | Eileen Phillips |
| Wesley Pfenning | ... | Mrs. Williams |
| Brad Savage | ... | Paul |
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People have said that this film is unintentionally hilarious and preachy, just another "disease of the week" tv film this one with Gary Coleman as a teenage arsonist. There is nothing funny about pyromania. A few years ago, Malcom X's widow Betty Shabazz was burned to death in an apartment fire that her young grandson set. Its just that Gary Coleman was such a sucky actor! I wish there was a nice way to say this but there is not. I am sorry about the terrible health problems that he has had to live with all his life. (His kidney condition and treatments stunted his growth). Its just a little bit of him goes a very long way. I admit I liked to watch Diffrent Strokes as a kid, but what is that the poet says, "As a man I put away childish things". What I remember about this film is how stupid Coleman's parents were they didn't even realize what an evil little s#$t he was! Its like he could have burned the house down and they wouldn't have said boo. Cicley Tyson and Yaphet Kotto as a fire chief who tries to help Coleman give able support and Coleman makes a nice PSA at the end about arson, but this film is really unintentionally funny in a lot of ways. I remember when it was first shown on NBC, they had one of those "parental discretion advised" warnings at the beginning and I couldn't understand why after seeing it.