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# Fires Were Started (1943): cast and crew

8 cast and 13 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Phillip Wilson-Dickson](https://film.one/person/phillip-wilson-dickson.md) as Walters (uncredited)
- [George Gravett](https://film.one/person/george-gravett.md) as Dykes (uncredited)
- [Fred Griffiths](https://film.one/person/fred-griffiths.md) as Johnny Daniels (uncredited)
- [Johnny Houghton](https://film.one/person/johnny-houghton.md) as S.H. Jackson (uncredited)
- [Loris Rey](https://film.one/person/loris-rey.md) as J. Rumbold (uncredited)
- [William Sansom](https://film.one/person/william-sansom.md) as Fireman Playing the Piano (uncredited)
- [T.P. Smith](https://film.one/person/t-p-smith.md)
- [John Barker](https://film.one/person/john-barker.md)

## Directing

- [Humphrey Jennings](https://film.one/person/humphrey-jennings.md): Director

## Writing

- [Humphrey Jennings](https://film.one/person/humphrey-jennings.md): Writer

## Production

- [Ian Dalrymple](https://film.one/person/ian-dalrymple.md): Producer
- Nora Dawson: Unit Manager
- Dora Wright: Production Manager
- Francis Cockburn: Production Assistant

## Camera

- [C.M. Pennington-Richards](https://film.one/person/c-m-pennington-richards.md): Director of Photography
- Denny Densham: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Stewart McAllister](https://film.one/person/stewart-mcallister.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [William Alwyn](https://film.one/person/william-alwyn.md): Original Music Composer
- Jock May: Sound Recordist
- Muir Mathieson: Music Director

## Crew

- Maurice Richardson: Additional Writing

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