Movies and TvShows featuring "rescue-from-a-burning-building" theme.

Mighty Joe Young is a 1949 adventure movie about the story of a giant ape named Joe who becomes the center of attention in showbiz. A businessman attempts to exploit Joe's strength and fame. However, when Joe's life is in danger, a young girl and her friends set out on a mission to rescue him. The movie explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the consequences of exploiting animals for entertainment.

In the urban jungle of New York City, a feral child named Wild Thing transforms into a costumed vigilante after witnessing the murder of his parents. With a switch-blade and street justice as his weapons, Wild Thing fights against crime bosses and corrupt cops to protect the innocent. Along the way, he forms an unlikely partnership with a female police officer, navigating the dark underbelly of the city and facing personal demons. Will Wild Thing find redemption and bring justice to the streets?

Arthur Moore, a missionary preacher, attempts to fit into the cowboy community so he can set up a church in the local saloon. Gwen, daughter of the "Old Timer," is injured in a stampede and loses her ability to walk. Though rejected by the townsfolk, the preacher's wisdom and love are needed if the young girl is to be healed. Shot in 'Vidor Village', Vidor's ill-fated studio property in California's High Sierra.

The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's leading man wants his stunt double to do the next dangerous stunt. Purely by accident, a hapless, cross-eyed aspiring actor named Joe Magee ends up doing the stunt perfectly. He ends up doing dangerous stunt after stunt, all by accident, that fit the movie so perfectly that the movie's leading lady wants him in the picture. The exasperated director finds that getting Joe to do the stunts on command is an entirely different story.

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.