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. ...

At the opening party of a colossal San Francisco skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out due to careless building practices by the contractor, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Doug Roberts, architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on …

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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. Find out how and where to watch "The …

“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.

At the opening party of a colossal San Francisco skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out due to careless building practices by the contractor, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Doug Roberts, architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on …

When the fire begins, Michael O'Hallorhan is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror as a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground burns. Doug Roberts, architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on …

The Towering Inferno is one of the greatest disaster pictures made, a personal and professional triumph for producer Irwin Allen.

Purchase The Towering Inferno on digital and stream instantly or download offline. A dedication ceremony at the world’s tallest skyscraper turns into a high-rise catastrophe when an electrical flare-up causes a raging fire, trapping some of society’s most prominent citizens on the top floor.