Stars: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Vaughn

Director: Irwin Allen

Summary: THE TOWERING INFERNO follows the rescue efforts of fire fighters as they battle to contain a raging fire that has engulfed the world's tallest skyscraper. As the flames reach ever higher, it's a race against time to save a group of people trapped on the top floor. Special effects-laden thriller starring Hollywood's finest; Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire. Winner of three Academy Awards.

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Disaster movies used to work because there was little certainty as to who would survive. Not so in this film, really an amalgam of two original stories, about a group of well-to-do celebrants at the top floor of a skyscraper. Cheapo electrical wiring and bad construction management cause an enormous blaze at the lower floors, steadily rising to consume the revellers. Newman's an architect, McQueen a firefighter and Fred Astaire a kind old gentleman, for which he was Oscar-nominated. OJ Simpson plays a security guard who rescues a cat. Now that's a disaster. -- Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Trailer
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Romanian
Year:	1974
Release Date:	August 1, 2000
Runtime:	158 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 011253
Keywords:	Action, Fire, General, Disaster, Inferno, Towering, Thriller, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure