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The Towering Inferno

Movie
1974
2h 45m
PG
English
Action, Drama, Thriller
User Score: 
7.1
Critic Score: 
69
The Towering Inferno' Poster
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.
The Towering Inferno Poster

The Towering Inferno

PG
Movie
1974
2h 45m
English
Action, Drama, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.1
IMDB
The Towering Inferno (1974) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
69

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Steve McQueen
Chief O'Hallorhan
Paul Newman
Doug Roberts
William Holden
Jim Duncan
Fred Astaire
Harlee Claiborne
OJ Simpson
Jernigan
Robert Vaughn
Senator Parker
Sheila Allen
Paula Ramsay
Jack Collins
Mayor Ramsay
Ernie F Orsatti
Mark Powers
Dabney Coleman
Deputy Chief #1
Elizabeth Rogers
Lady in Buoy
Ross Elliott
Deputy Chief #2
Olan Soule
Johnson
Directed By: John Guillermin
Written By: Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay), Frank M. Robinson (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...
7 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...
12 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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Lolonoise says...
4 years ago
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[spoiler] My biggest complaint with this movie is when they tie themselves down. All of them end up, getting up like there wasn't even a rope there. [/spoiler]
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Featured User Reviews

John Chard
5 years ago
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 More
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Wuchak
6 years ago
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 More
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