The Towering Inferno

(1974)

Action / Disaster / Drama / Epic / Suspense

Directed by John Guillermin

Produced by Irwin Allen

Cast:

Steve McQueen as Fire Battalion Chief Mike O’Hallorhan
Paul Newman as Doug Roberts
William Holden as James Duncan
Faye Dunaway as Susan Franklin
Fred Astaire as Harlee Claiborne
Susan Blakely as Patty Duncan Simmons
Richard Chamberlain as Roger Simmons
Jennifer Jones as Lisolette Mueller
O.J. Simpson as Security Officer Harry Jernigan
Robert Vaughn as U.S. Senator Gary Parker
Robert Wagner as Dan Bigelow
Susan Flannery as Lorrie
Sheila Matthews as Paula Ramsay
Norman Burton as Will Giddings
Jack Collins as Mayor Ramsay
Don Gordon as Kappy
Felton Perry as Fireman Scott
Gregory Sierra as Carlos
Ernie Orsatti as Fireman Mark Powers
Dabney Coleman as Deputy Chief  
 
The Towering Inferno trailer

Doug Roberts is an architect who is about finished with his skyscraper project. He attends a party there, fearing that his wiring instructions were not taken care off. His fears become reality when a fire starts that puts the lives of everyone in the tower in danger with no way to escape from the heights.