The Towering Inferno
Architect Doug Roberts returns to San Francisco for the high-profile dedication ceremony of the Glass Tower, the tallest but poorly constructed building in the world. During the party, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
21 April 1967, Fresno, California, USA
9 July 1947, San Francisco, California, USA
30 December 1925, Maryland, USA
21 January 1918
December 30, 1917 in Fallbrook, California, USA
August 5, 1922 in California, USA
7 June 1938, USA
11 February 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 January 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 February 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 January 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
15 November 1926, Longmont, Colorado, USA
November 5, 1936 in Los Angeles County, California, USA
27 December 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 July 1921, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
7 September 1948, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
February 11, 1906 in New York, New York, USA
13 November 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 November 1932, New York City, New York, USA
18 September 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 September 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 February 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13 February 1940, Beverly Hills, California, USA
15 March 1907, Columbus, Ohio, USA
March 30, 2011
Featuring an all-star cast (Paul Newman, Steve McQueen), the movie delivers the goods of a well-crafted disaster flick, but strangely, it was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
September 22, 2008
The Towering Inferno is one of the greatest disaster pictures made, a personal and professional triumph for producer Irwin Allen.
September 11, 2014
Despite the best efforts of most of those involved, the film never takes off as more than just a remarkable collection of glossy violence.
July 28, 2009
A Titanic tale of hubris...knot-in-the-stomach scary from the moment the fire gets out of control to the last-ditch heroics that come hours later. [Blu-ray]
February 03, 2012
The result is everything a disaster movie should be, a combination of soap opera and the spectacle of destruction.
February 03, 2012
Irwin Allen, the Busby Berkeley of natural disasters and other people's troubles, teams up with John Guillermin, a competent if undistinguished action director.
June 24, 2006
A starry cast share out roles that are less like characters than places in a lifeboat.
February 03, 2012
Ironically, there's now something almost comforting about the way the film sticks to formula, but the action is still authentically thrilling.
October 23, 2004
The Towering Inferno is a brawny blockbuster of a movie, by far the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films.
May 13, 2009
break out the popcorn, sit back, and enjoy a galaxy of stars picking up their fat paychecks and having a great time. They absolutely don't make 'em like this anymore
May 09, 2005
You may not come out of the theater with any important ideas about American architecture or enterprise, but you will have had a vivid, completely safe nightmare.
