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MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Genre: Disaster Film, Ensemble Film, Action
Box Office: / $107,082,601 / Top grossing film of 1974
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Summary:
A skyscraper and an all-star cast go up in flames in Irwin Allen's classic disaster movie. To celebrate the construction of the Glass Tower, the world's tallest building, architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) and builder James Duncan (William Holden) hold a gala bash on the highest floors. Trouble is, Duncan's son-in-law and electrical subcontractor... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Steve McQueen - (Fire Chief Michael O'Hallorhan)
Paul Newman - (Doug Roberts)
William Holden - (James Duncan)
Faye Dunaway - (Susan)
Fred Astaire - (Harlee Claiborne)
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Review:
The most popular and critically lauded of the cookie-cutter disaster movies of 1970s, The Towering Inferno set the high-water mark for the genre. Though the film's eight Academy Award nominations may seem laughable today, there's no denying Inferno's ... Continue >>

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