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The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, [5] featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. [6] [7] [8] [9] 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.
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.
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...
Rather than being a reflection on the true terror of a fire of this scale, The Towering Inferno is a gloriously constructed and tremendously entertaining film, with heroes to root for and...
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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.
“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.
The Towering Inferno (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
