The Towering Inferno
- Release Date
- December 14, 1974
- Director
- John Guillermin , Irwin Allen
- Cast
- Steve McQueen , Paul Newman , William Holden , Faye Dunaway , Fred Astaire , Susan Blakely
- Runtime
- 165
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Richard Martin Stern , Thomas N. Scortia , Frank M. Robinson , Stirling Silliphant
- Tagline
- One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense.
Summary
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develope short circuits. When the fire begins Michael O'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground burns.
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