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The Towering Inferno
Architect Doug Roberts returns to San Francisco for the high-profile dedication ceremony of the Glass Tower, the tallest but poorly constructed building in the world. During the party, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
2 March 1919, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
August 13, 1926 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
28 February 1909, La Harpe, Illinois, USA
27 March 1923, Covington, Tennessee, USA
15 November 1926, Longmont, Colorado, USA
November 5, 1936 in Los Angeles County, California, USA
22 November 1932, New York City, New York, USA
November 8, 1934 in Missouri, USA
23 September 1950, New York City, New York, USA
20 February 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 May 1934, Austin, Texas, USA
10 May 1899, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
28 December 1935, Evanston, Illinois, USA
9 May 1939, Ohio, USA
27 July 1949, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
3 January 1932, Austin, Texas, USA
February 03, 2012
Ironically, there's now something almost comforting about the way the film sticks to formula, but the action is still authentically thrilling.
July 28, 2009
A Titanic tale of hubris...knot-in-the-stomach scary from the moment the fire gets out of control to the last-ditch heroics that come hours later. [Blu-ray]
October 23, 2004
The Towering Inferno is a brawny blockbuster of a movie, by far the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films.
February 03, 2012
The result is everything a disaster movie should be, a combination of soap opera and the spectacle of destruction.
May 13, 2009
break out the popcorn, sit back, and enjoy a galaxy of stars picking up their fat paychecks and having a great time. They absolutely don't make 'em like this anymore
September 22, 2008
The Towering Inferno is one of the greatest disaster pictures made, a personal and professional triumph for producer Irwin Allen.
March 30, 2011
Featuring an all-star cast (Paul Newman, Steve McQueen), the movie delivers the goods of a well-crafted disaster flick, but strangely, it was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
September 11, 2014
Despite the best efforts of most of those involved, the film never takes off as more than just a remarkable collection of glossy violence.
June 24, 2006
A starry cast share out roles that are less like characters than places in a lifeboat.
February 03, 2012
Irwin Allen, the Busby Berkeley of natural disasters and other people's troubles, teams up with John Guillermin, a competent if undistinguished action director.
May 09, 2005
You may not come out of the theater with any important ideas about American architecture or enterprise, but you will have had a vivid, completely safe nightmare.