“The Towering Inferno” is an action thriller disaster movie, screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, from the Novel by Richard Martin Stern, Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, and Directed by John Guillermin.
The
focal point of the movie is a colossal skyscraper, designed by Architect Doug
Roberts (Paul Newman), which is nearing completion when he returns from a long
vacation, but ahead of the “grand opening” party he discovers that his wiring
specifications have not been followed and as a result the building has been
experiencing an increasing number of electrical glitches.
He
raises his concerns with his father in law, Jim Duncan (William Holden) and
Project Manager Simmons (Richard Chamberlain) but they are brushed aside.
Suffice
is to say that during the party a fire breaks out and quickly spreads, which threatens to
destroy the tower and everyone in it.
So
Michael O'Halleran (Steve McQueen), who is the chief on duty as a series of
daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire
successfully fought from the ground.
It’s
a tense and thrilling tale with an amazing cast assembled by producer Irwin
Allen, who succeed in getting McQueen and Newman to co-star, he also signed
Faye Dunaway to play Newman's love interest and cast Fred Astaire, against type
as a con-man, but even more astonishing than that, he lured reclusive and
legendary film star Jennifer Jones out of retirement for the sympathetic role
of Lisolette Mueller.
He
also secured other notables which included Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, Susan
Flannery, Sheila Allen, Robert Vaughn, O.J. Simpson and Dabney Coleman.
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