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* JobTitleJobTitle: The movie is about people who chase fires.
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* CameraFiend: Jim Maxwell carries a camera with him everywhere he goes, and snaps anything that catches his attention. He explains to Toby how a photo is a moment frozen in time, and that no two photos are ever exactly he same.

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* CameraFiend: Jim Maxwell carries a camera with him everywhere he goes, and snaps anything that catches his attention. He explains to Toby how a photo is a moment frozen in time, and that no two photos are ever exactly he the same.



* ElevatorFailure: During the finale, Toby goes down into the basement in an attempt to turn the sprinkler system back on. However, the elevator breaks down; stranding her in the burning building.

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* ElevatorFailure: During the finale, Toby goes down into the basement in an attempt to turn the sprinkler system back on. However, the elevator breaks down; down, stranding her in the burning building.



* FalseConfession: A woman calls Quentin to confess to being the firebug. However, when he confronts her she claims to have lit the most recent fire in the basement of the building, and Quentin knows he building didn't have a basement. the police later tell him that they know he woman and that she calls up about once a week to confess to whatever the latest major crime in the news is.

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* FalseConfession: A woman calls Quentin to confess to being the firebug. However, when he confronts her she claims to have lit the most recent fire in the basement of the building, and Quentin knows he the building didn't have a basement. the The police later tell him that they know he the woman and that she calls up about once a week to confess to whatever the latest major crime in the news is.



* StalkerWithACrush: The arsonist is obsessed with Toby and is starting the fires so she will have hot story to report on.

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* StalkerWithACrush: The arsonist is obsessed with Toby and is starting the fires so she will have hot a [[{{Pun}} hot]] story to report on.
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* IntrepidReporter: Toby Collins is a beautiful, persistent reporter who, with press photographer Jim Maxwell, is always the first on the scene of a series of fires ravaging London. One after another, the infernos rage out of control before the fire service arrives. Toby believes an arsonist is to blame, but without any proof she has no story to write.
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* ClockDiscrepancy: Barnaby is examining the photographs of the fires and realises that one of the photos taken by [[spoiler:Jim Maxwell]] is missing. When he tracks it down, he discovers that the photo shows the clock on the factory, and the time reveals that the photo was taken before the alarm was raised, meaning the photographer was on the scene when the fire started.
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* GenderBlenderName: Despite the name, IntrepidReporter Toby Collins is a woman. Oddly, not one character ever comments on it or is surprised to that Toby is female.

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* GenderBlenderName: Despite the name, IntrepidReporter Toby Collins is a woman. Oddly, not one character ever comments on it or is surprised to that Toby is female.
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* GenderBlenderName: Despite the name, IntrepidReporter Toby Collins is a woman. Oddly, not one character ever comments on it or is surprised to that Toby is female.
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* {{Pyromaniac}}: An insurance investigator and a journalist hunt a serial arsonist who is setting a string of fires across London.

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* CameraFiend: Jim Maxwell carries a camera with him everywhere he goes, and snaps anything that catches his attention. He explains to Toby how a photo is a moment frozen in time, and that no two photos are ever exactly he same.



* FailedPilot: Was originally made as a pilot for a television series based on the radio drama ''Destination - Fire!''. ''Series/ThePersuaders'' got the green light instead. ''The Firechasers'' was later released theatrically in the UK as the supporting feature to ''Film/CarryOnHenry''.

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* FailedPilot: FailedPilotEpisode: Was originally made as a pilot for a television series based on the radio drama ''Destination - Fire!''. ''Series/ThePersuaders'' got the green light instead. ''The Firechasers'' was later released theatrically in the UK as the supporting feature to ''Film/CarryOnHenry''.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_firechasers.jpg]]

''The Firechasers'' is a 1971 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, and Keith Barron.

While investigating the cause of a series of lethal fires in London, Quentin Barnaby--an American insurance investigator--meets and falls in love with beautiful journalist, Toby Collins, who is also following the fires. Pooling information with Toby and her photographer Jim Maxwell, Barnaby hopes to identify the arsonist before he can strike again.
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* ElevatorFailure: During the finale, Toby goes down into the basement in an attempt to turn the sprinkler system back on. However, the elevator breaks down; stranding her in the burning building.
* FailedPilot: Was originally made as a pilot for a television series based on the radio drama ''Destination - Fire!''. ''Series/ThePersuaders'' got the green light instead. ''The Firechasers'' was later released theatrically in the UK as the supporting feature to ''Film/CarryOnHenry''.
* FalseConfession: A woman calls Quentin to confess to being the firebug. However, when he confronts her she claims to have lit the most recent fire in the basement of the building, and Quentin knows he building didn't have a basement. the police later tell him that they know he woman and that she calls up about once a week to confess to whatever the latest major crime in the news is.
* StalkerShrine: [[spoiler:Maxwell]] has a hidden wall covered in photographs of Toby.
* StalkerWithACrush: The arsonist is obsessed with Toby and is starting the fires so she will have hot story to report on.
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