The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Disaster Film  |   Release Date - Dec 14, 1974  |   Run Time - 165 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Description by Wikipedia

The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. 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. In addition to McQueen and Newman, the cast includes William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman and Jennifer Jones in her final role.

Movie Info

Budget

$14,000,000

Box Office

$116,000,000

Themes

Tags

All Star, Dark, Disaster, Disaster Film, Disaster Movie, Elevator, Explosion, Film Based On A Novel, Fire, Firefighter, Helicopter, Rescue, Skyscraper, Survival, Tragic Event, Trapped

Attributes

Filming Location: San Francisco
Narrative Location: San Francisco

Alternate Titles

A Torre do Inferno
PT
Aseman-kharash-e jahanami
IR
Det tårnhøje helvede
DK
El colós en flames
ES
El coloso en llamas
ES
Flammendes Inferno
AT, DE
Inferno i flammer
NO
Inferno na Torre
BR
Infernul din zgârie-nori
RO
Infierno en la torre
AR, MX, PE, VE
Kulede Yangın
TR
L'inferno di cristallo
IT
La tour infernale
CA
La Tour Infernale
FR
Leegitsev pilvelõhkuja
EE
Liekehtivä torni
FI
Liepsnojantis pragaras
LT
Nrk thi pheim khun
TH
O pyrgos tis Kolaseos
GR
Pakleni toranj
HR, RS
Pokoli torony
HU
Płonący wieżowiec
PL
Skleněné peklo
CZ
Sklenené peklo
SK
Skyskrapan brinner
FI
Skyskrapan Brinner
SE
Tawâringu inferuno
JP
The towering
KR
The Towering Inferno
AU, CA, EC, IN, IL, NL, PH, GB, US
Wolkenkrabber in Vlammen
BE
Yangın kulesi
TR
Ο πύργος της Κολάσεως
GR
Ад под небето
BG
Паклени торањ
RS
Пекло у піднебессі
UA
タワーリング・インフェルノ
JP
火燒摩天樓
TW