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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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I was a big fan of Gary Coleman as a kid, but believe it or not, I did not see this film until 1998!!! I wanted to see it as a kid, but my mother told me I couldn't. When I saw it years later, it was a joke. There was nothing to be scared about (sorry, mom, but when you are wrong, you're wrong). It was lightweight fluff.
This was Coleman's attempt at drama and it didn't come off well. He plays a kid who is having a rough time in school and at home. His only way of release is to start setting fires to property. The demonic look on his face is laugh out loud hilarious when he sets something on fire.
Yahphet Kotto plays the fire chief of the town. He calls Coleman's disease "revenge fire" and wants to try and straighten him out. But his parents think there is nothing wrong...until he sets their house on fire!!!
At the end, Coleman makes a little PSA announcement not to play with fire. But the truth is, the film is unintentionally funny. It was just NBC once again milking their cash cow by making a lousy Gary Coleman TV movie (almost all of his NBC movies are rated under a 5 on the IMDB, and his box office films are no better). It is really too bad how he was just thrown away when his fame was all said and done.