Steve McQueen
Chief O'Hallorhan
Search results
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
Dec 14, 1974 · The Towering Inferno: Directed by John Guillermin. With Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway. At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
The Towering Inferno (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
“The Towering Inferno” is a brawny blockbuster of a movie, by far the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films. It’s three hours long, it cost something like $13 million to make which was a lot at the time and it’s an example of Hollywood commercial moviemaking at its finest.
A dedication ceremony at the world's tallest skyscraper turns into a high-rise catastrophe when a defective wire in its systems-control panel causes an electrical flare-up. Within minutes the gala...
Classic 1970s disaster movie about a fire that breaks out in a state-of-the-art San Francisco high-rise building during the opening ceremony attended by a...
- (37)
- Action, Mystery & Thriller
- PG
Summaries. At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Doug Roberts, architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper.
Overview. At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it. John Guillermin. Frank M. Robinson. Thomas N. Scortia.
Brief Synopsis. Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develope short circuits.
Architect Paul Newman's building becomes a tower of blazing terror in this disaster epic. 989 IMDb 7.0 2 h 44 min 1974. X-Ray PG. Action · Drama · Cerebral · Frightening. Available to buy.
