Pine Canyon Is Burning
1977 television film
Pine Canyon is Burning, also known as Quail Lake, is a 1977 American drama film made for television, directed by Christian I. Nyby II and written by Robert A. Cinader. The film, about a widowed firefighter and two children in Pine Canyon, stars Kent McCord, Megan McCord, Shane Sinutko and Diana Muldaur. The 78 minute movie in a 90-minute slot aired on NBC on May 18, 1977.
Plot
Cast
Kent McCord as Capt. William Stone, patrol 99
Megan McCord as Margaret Stone
Shane Sinutko as Michael Stone
Diana Muldaur as Sandra
Andrew Duggan as Capt.
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