The Towering Inferno

Based On the book by Frank M. Robinson

The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. In addition to McQueen and Newman, the cast includes William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman and Jennifer Jones in her final role. The Towering Inferno premiered on December 16, 1974 in Los Angeles and was released by 20th Century-Fox in the United States and Canada and by Warner Bros.

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Release date:

December 14, 1974

Director:

John Guillermin, Irwin Allen

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire

Genre:

Thriller, Drama, Action, Disaster

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1974 in adaptations