The Towering Inferno

Movie

1974

2h 45m

English

Action, Drama, Thriller

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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.

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The Towering Inferno

Movie

1974

2h 45m

English

Action, Drama, Thriller

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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.

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Cast

Chief O'Hallorhan

Doug Roberts

Jim Duncan

Susan

Harlee Claiborne

Patty

Simmons

Lisolette

Jernigan

Senator Parker

Bigelow

Lorrie

Paula Ramsay

Giddings

Mayor Ramsay

Kappy

Scott

Carlos

Mark Powers

Deputy Chief #1

Lady in Buoy

Guest

Flaker

Deputy Chief #2

Johnson

Directed By: John Guillermin

Written By: Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay), Richard Martin Stern (Novel), + 2 more

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rickay says...

4 years ago

This was in its time a good movie with great special effects, today it’s dated

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stovies says...

6 years ago

In the blockbuster disaster genre, this is a dated classic - and is by far the best of the suite of such movies that appeared in the early to mid 1970s. Commercial movie making didn't get better than this until Star Wars appeared in 1977. An Irwin Allen gem!

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peteo says...

5 months ago

50 years ago, I can remember the excitement of people watching this in a movie theatre, in a time before special effects and CGI, when there were some really big movie stars (Steve McQueen, but also O J Simpson is here), and movies like this were "an event" so (almost) 3 hours made it even more special But those times are gone, the period of epic disaster movies is over, and the world has changed My advice would be to skip this unless you are an enthusiast of the period of genre

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3 years ago

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John Chard

5 years ago

The crowning glory of a much maligned genre.

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Wuchak

6 years ago

Successful 70’s disaster flick isn’t anywhere near as entertaining as “The Poseidon Adventure”

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