The read
Every source lands within 1 point of the others, across 1,100 audience votes. Scores higher than 79% of the 570 1970s action movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 45m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic69/100
1,078 audience votes
Key crew
- Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
- John GuillerminDirector
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Steve McQueenChief O'Hallorhan
- Paul NewmanDoug Roberts
- William HoldenJim Duncan
- Faye DunawaySusan
- Fred AstaireHarlee Claiborne
- Susan BlakelyPatty
- Richard ChamberlainSimmons
- Jennifer JonesLisolette
- O. J. SimpsonJernigan
- Robert VaughnSenator Parker
- Robert WagnerBigelow
- Susan FlanneryLorrie
Stills
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Themes
rescuehelicopterfiresan francisco, californiaskyscraperfire enginesurvivaldisasterexplosiontragic eventtrappedelevator
The Best Movies of 1974
The Towering Inferno is #43 of 58
