The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno
The world's tallest building goes up in flames during the opening celebrations. While Doug Roberts, the architect who designed the skyscraper, tries to save the party-goers trapped on the 135th floor, fire chief Michael O'Hallorhan leads a valiant attempt to fight the blaze. Irwin Allen and John Guillermin shared directing duties on this triple Oscar-winning disaster epic with an all-star cast including Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, Susan Blakely and Robert Vaughn
The Towering Inferno airs on RTE One HD at 1:40 PM, Saturday 29 June. (Subtitles.)
Certificate
15
Topics
Movie ➝ Drama
Disaster Movie
Thriller
Paul Newman
Actor
Steve McQueen
Actor
Faye Dunaway
Actor