Cocky bookie Dick Foran must wake up when he joins the fire department and immediately locks horns with his commander, Robert Armstrong ("King Kong"). No sooner has he slid down the pole for the first time, he's dated the boss's sister (Ann Sheridan), much against Armstrong's will. Foran is ready to call it quits until an accident incidentally caused by him gets him to re-think his future.
Formula action/drama has some well-filmed fire sequences and the accident scene where a fireman falls off a speeding fire truck is nail biting. Foran and Armstrong are basically a re-tread of Cagney/O'Brien, Bogart/O'Brien from several other Warner Brothers films (most obviously "The Great O'Malley") with the likable Sheridan as a plucky heroine who always makes the most out of usually meaningless parts like this.
Formula action/drama has some well-filmed fire sequences and the accident scene where a fireman falls off a speeding fire truck is nail biting. Foran and Armstrong are basically a re-tread of Cagney/O'Brien, Bogart/O'Brien from several other Warner Brothers films (most obviously "The Great O'Malley") with the likable Sheridan as a plucky heroine who always makes the most out of usually meaningless parts like this.