The Towering Inferno (1974) movie poster

The Towering Inferno (1974)

"One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense."
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👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 69%
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Director
John Guillermin
Runtime
2h 45m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (1,018 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
69%
Metacritic
69

Cast

Steve McQueen as Chief O'Hallorhan · 80% avg
Paul Newman as Doug Roberts · 77% avg
William Holden as Jim Duncan · 78% avg
Faye Dunaway as Susan · 72% avg
Fred Astaire as Harlee Claiborne · 82% avg
Susan Blakely as Patty
Richard Chamberlain as Simmons · 76% avg
Jennifer Jones as Lisolette

Is The Towering Inferno good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 69%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#236 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#9 / 23 · 1974
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Action Movies on Prime Video (#45)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Wikipedia ↗

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The singing nun in Airplane! (1980) is played by Maureen McGovern, who sang the well known songs from several disaster films of the 1970's including The Morning After from The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). Airplane! itself parodies a film in the genre, Airport (1970).
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‘The Towering Inferno’ Turns 50: A Movie Flashback
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