White Fire

White Fire (also known as Vivre Pour Survivre and Le Diamant) is a 1984 French-American-Italian-Turkish thriller film by Jean-Marie Pallardy. It stars Belinda Mayne, Robert Ginty, Fred Williamson, Gordon Mitchell and Jess Hahn.[1][2][3][4] The title song of the film is White Fire, sung by rock group Limelight.

For the 1953 British film, see Three Steps to the Gallows.
White Fire
VHS box cover
Directed byJean-Marie Pallardy
Written byEdward John Francis (Jean-Marie Pallardy)
Produced byJean-Marie Pallardy
Allen G. Rainer
StarringRobert Ginty
Fred Williamson
Belinda Mayne
Jess Hahn
Mirella Banti
Diana Goodman
Gordon Mitchell
CinematographyRoger Fellous
Edited byBruno Zincone
Music byJon Lord
Distributed byTrans World Entertainment
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesFrance
Turkey
United States

Plot

A brother (Ginty) and sister (Mayne), employees at a diamond mineshaft company, stumble upon the discovery of a legendary diamond, the "White Fire", and a band of criminals set out to take it from them.

Critical reception

In 2015, the film was featured on an episode of Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst, together with Future War and The Jar. The hosts criticized what they saw as frequent incestuous overtones present in the film, referring to it as "poorly disguised fetish porn".[5]

References
  1. "White Fire (Jean-Marie Pallardy, 1984)". 9 July 2012.
  2. Ghoulbasement.com
  3. "Rarecultcinema.com".
  4. "Cultmoviecompendium.co.uk".
  5. "Best of the Worst: Future War, The Jar, and White Fire". Red Letter Media. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2020-05-27.


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