The Towering Inferno 1/12 (1974)

"The Towering Inferno," one in a string of disaster movies of the 1970s, was promoted as a tribute to firefighters and their heroic work around the world. It was also among the highest-grossing box office draws of the mid-1970s. The finishing touches have just been made to the Glass Tower, a 138-story skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco. A huge celebratory gala, complete with VIP guests, has been planned to celebrate the dedication of what has been promoted as the world's tallest building. But the building's architect, Doug Roberts, suspects all is not right with the building. The contractors have used shoddy wiring, not the heavy-duty wiring he had specified. The overworked wiring develops short circuits, coincidentally enough during the height of the celebratory extravaganza; it isn't long before the Glass Tower becomes a huge towering inferno. The nearly 300 guests become trapped on the building's 135th floor, where the party takes place. Fire Chief Michael O'Hallorhan immediately devises a daring plan to rescue the trapped guests, but his efforts quickly become a battle against time and the panicked guests.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• the towering inferno
• Steve McQueen
• Paul Newman
• William Holden
• Faye Dunaway
• Jennifer Jones
• O.J. Simpson
• fire
• skyscraper
• firefighters
• violent
• disaster
• Irwin Allen
• John Guillermin
• 1974

[rosenkranz007]

Thanx, bro. Great movie.

[darthvader5300]

In the real world of civil engineering everything will be designed to carry 4 to 5 times up 6 to 7 times or more of electrical loads, water pressure loads, sewage pressure loads, engineering and stress loads, thermal energy loads, heat and cold loads (especially fire). Engineering materials already exists to make all these a reality today and combined with proper engineering designs they should make such super skyscrapers safer than ever. The only problem is that of costs covering everything.

[RollingOrmond]

My mom in the red coat in pt. 3, at 13:27.

[otto5011]

Disaster movies are great because it makes you think how you would react in a similiar situation.Would you be brave and heroic or would you be panic stricken.

[beinndorainjames]

The title music and opening sequence are both absolutely stunning. It has two superstars in McQueen and Newman, lots of action and still looks as good as ever some 40 years later. This movie has it all.

[Futurepast1000]

Fantastic movie, seen it several times.

[mi9worm]

11:52 for people who wanna see fire

[TheBookWorm1718]

You have to wonder if the deaf woman HAD gone to the party, how differently things would've been on that part.

[TheBookWorm1718]

Can't believe nobody's commented on this yet. This is one of my favorite movies! This was back when they knew how to make a good disaster!