The Towering Inferno (1974)

Movie Details

Original Title The Towering Inferno

Original Language EN

Budget $14,000,000

Revenue $116,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 2.9

Cast

Steve McQueen

Chief O'Hallorhan

Popularity: 1.6

Paul Newman

Doug Roberts

Popularity: 6.8

William Holden

Jim Duncan

Popularity: 2.5

Faye Dunaway

Susan

Popularity: 1.6

Fred Astaire

Harlee Claiborne

Popularity: 0.6

Susan Blakely

Patty

Popularity: 1.8

Richard Chamberlain

Simmons

Popularity: 3.8

Jennifer Jones

Lisolette

Popularity: 0.3

O. J. Simpson

Jernigan

Popularity: 1.2

Robert Vaughn

Senator Parker

Popularity: 1.3

Robert Wagner

Bigelow

Popularity: 2.3

Susan Flannery

Lorrie

Popularity: 1.4

Key Crew

Producer Irwin Allen

Director John Guillermin

Screenplay Stirling Silliphant

Editor Carl Kress, Harold F. Kress

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

20th Century Fox

Irwin Allen Productions

Videos & Trailers

The Towering Inferno (1974) - Trailer

Trailer

George Hickenlooper on THE TOWERING INFERNO

Featurette

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 6/10

Aug 9, 2018

Successful 70’s disaster flick isn’t anywhere near as entertaining as “The Poseidon Adventure” RELEASED IN 1974 and directed by John Guillermin, "The Towering Inferno" details events in San Francisco when the world's tallest building, The Glass Tower (138 stories), catches aflame due to a ... Read more

John Chard 9/10

Jun 4, 2019

The crowning glory of a much maligned genre. A newly built state of the art high-rise is hosting a big society gathering when a fire starts up on the 81st floor... Warner Brothers & 20th Century Fox were both keen to cash in on the success of 1972s The Poseidon Adventure, Warner's buying the ... Read more