
US Release date: 28 July 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 2 December 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Running time: 60 minutes
Director: George Blair
Cast: George Cooper, Roy Roberts, Billy Wayne
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire Theatre for two weeks from 3 November 1950 supporting One Sunday Afternoon.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts St. Kilda Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 76 | 257 |
| EF PPE | 1.58 | 320 |
| Metres Travelled | 526,540 | 86 |
| Average MT | 10,970 | 69 |
| Engagements | 48 | 124 |
| Slots | 50 | 195 |
| Weeks | 2 | 238 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 4.17% | 278 |
| Saturdays | 24 | 88 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 50.00% | 95 |
| Tuesdays | 22 | 85 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 45.83% | 122 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 48 | 27 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 46 |
| Ratio | 95.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.47% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.08% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.31% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.08% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.16% |
| Hoyts eng | 35 |
| Ratio | 72.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.14% |
| Independent eng | 3 |
| Ratio | 6.25% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.25% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 20.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.89% |
Notes: Republic crime quickie that supported The Big Lift across the suburbs. Rarely troubled the scorers but did manage a decent average metres travelled per engagement (finishing 69th).
Flaming Fury engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 2/12/1950 | 1 | W | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | W | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 2 | Twelve O’Clock High |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 6 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 6/01/1951 | 6 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 6 | T | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 13/01/1950 | 7 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 13/01/1950 | 7 | S | 2 | The Big Lift |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 8 | T | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 17/02/1951 | 12 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 9/06/1951 | 28 | S | 2 | If You Feel Like Singing |


