In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.
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Title: Ring of Fire (1961)
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| David Janssen | ... | Sergeant Steve Walsh | |
| Joyce Taylor | ... | Bobbie 'Skidoo' Adams | |
| Frank Gorshin | ... | Frank Henderson | |
| Joel Marston | ... | Deputy Joe Pringle | |
| James Johnson | ... | Roy Anderson | |
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Ron Myron | ... | Sheriff Tom Niles, Mason County |
| Marshall Kent | ... | Deputy | |
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Frank Gorshin and his girlfriend, Joyce Taylor, are on the run from the law when apprehended and arrested by the Sherriff, David Janssen. During the transport to jail Gorshin escapes and in the ensuing chase a forest fire is started. The nearby small town is threatened and the only means of escape is by train, led by David Janssen. Written by Chas Robertson
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....MINUTE by MINUTE... MILE.....by MILE the RING OF FIRE .....closed!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 June 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Anel de Fogo See more »Company Credits
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Sergeant Steve Walsh: In this state they hang you.
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The U.S. Army provided flamethrowers and smoke bombs for the town fire sequences in this film. See more »Goofs
Early in their hike through the woods, the teens and the Sheriff emerge from the thick trees to the side of a stream. Shadows from crew and equipment clearly move across the ground in front of the party. See more »Quotes
Bobbie 'Skidoo' Adams: I don't dig that gas chamber deal. Cyanide's bad for the complexion.Sergeant Steve Walsh: In this state they hang you.
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I've seen this at least 10 times not because it's an awesome movie but because it was filmed in the small town I grew up in. Every July it played in the small movie theater in Vernonia for at least one weekend, sometimes for the whole month. I have a lot of fun memories around it including the hoopla around the filming. Vernonia is not just a small town it's rural with only ~1500 people so it was a huge deal. As a 3rd grader it was a big deal when one of the folks from the production company showed up at my grandmother's to ask if they could film on her property. David Jansen flew in and out of Vernonia on a helicopter, landing on Bridge Street (the main street)so that he could sign autographs. I haven't seen the complete movie since 1972 and would like to see it again but can't find it.