
Overview
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
Crew
DirectorBasil Dearden
WriterRoger MacDougall
Cast

Tommy Trinder
Tommy Turk

James Mason
Ted Robbins

Philip Friend
Bob

Mervyn Johns
Sam

William Hartnell
Brookes

Finlay Currie
District Officer McFarlane
Philippa Hiatt
Nan

Meriel Forbes
Susie

Beatrice Varley
Ma Turk
Norman Pierce
Pa Robbins

Muriel George
Ma Robbins
Julian Vedey
Lou Freeman
Richard George
P.C. O'Brien
H Victor Weske
Peters
Leslie Harcourt
Barman

Lesley Brook
June

Frederick Culley
Vicar
Stanley Lathbury
Verger

Johnnie Schofield
Milkman

Leo Genn
Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
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Keywords
london, englandfire brigadeworld war iieast end of londonlondon blitz
Details
TMDb Votes
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026







