The Towering Inferno
Directed by John Guillermin
In San Francisco werd de hoogste wolkenkrabber ter wereld gebouwd: een glazen toren van 138 verdiepingen. Bij het ontwerpen van het gebouw werd aan alles gedacht: kantoorruimtes, residentiële flats, een restaurant, een nachtclub en op het dak een helihaven. .
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- Richard3 augustus 2025This is the granddaddy of disaster movies, no debate. Set during the glitzy opening of a San Francisco skyscraper, things go south fast when shoddy wiring and cost cutting ignite a fire that traps hundreds of guests. What follows is a sprawling, edge of your seat rescue effort led by fire chief O’Hallorhan (Steve McQueen) and architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman), both trying to save lives while the tower turns into a vertical death trap. I was floored by the practical effects. Real fire, real smoke, real danger, no CGI shortcuts. You feel the heat, the claustrophobia and the stakes with every floor climbed. It’s nearly 3 hours long, but it earns every minute. Slow burn? Absolutely. But the tension builds like a pressure cooker. The cast is pure 70s royalty: McQueen and Newman share the screen like titans, Faye Dunaway smolders and even Fred Astaire shows up with surprising gravitas. Jennifer Jones’s arc as Lisolette? Brief, heartbreaking, unforgettable. And beneath the spectacle, there’s a quiet critique of corporate greed and architectural vanity. It doesn’t preach, it just lets the consequences speak. The final rescue sequence? Pure cinematic adrenaline. The Towering Inferno is a towering achievement in disaster cinema.
- Steve Zodiac13 april 2026O.J. Simpsons best movie he almost steals the show🍿
- GraphicsMonkey14 december 2025Great cast, sfx and story. One of the best of the genre
- john adams4 december 2025FAR TOO LONG BUT STILL A CLASSIC IN GENRE
The Towering Inferno Trivia
The Towering Inferno was released on 14 december 1974.
The Towering Inferno was directed by John Guillermin.
The Towering Inferno has a runtime of 2 u, 45 m.
The Towering Inferno was produced by Irwin Allen.
In San Francisco werd de hoogste wolkenkrabber ter wereld gebouwd: een glazen toren van 138 verdiepingen. Bij het ontwerpen van het gebouw werd aan alles gedacht: kantoorruimtes, residentiële flats, een restaurant, een nachtclub en op het dak een helihaven. .
The key characters in The Towering Inferno are Chief O'Hallorhan (Steve McQueen), Doug Roberts (Paul Newman), Jim Duncan (William Holden).
The Towering Inferno is rated 12.
The Towering Inferno is an Action, Drama, Thriller film.
The Towering Inferno has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.
The Towering Inferno had a budget of US$ 14 mln..
The Towering Inferno has made US$ 116 mln. at the box office.