The Towering Inferno
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The Towering Inferno

Poster for the film with McQueen and Newman at the top, and the other stars at the bottom
Film information
NameThe Towering Inferno
Directed byJohn Guillermin
Irwin Allen (action sequences)
Produced byIrwin Allen
Written byNovel
Richard Martin Stern
Thomas N. Scortia
Frank M. Robinson
Screenplay:
Stirling Silliphant
StarringSteve McQueen
Paul Newman
William Holden
Faye Dunaway
Fred Astaire
Susan Blakely
Richard Chamberlain
Jennifer Jones
O.J. Simpson
Robert Vaughn
Robert Wagner
Music byJohn Williams
CinematographyFred J. Koenekamp, ASC
Editing byCarl Kress
Harold F. Kress
Distributed byUSA:
20th Century Fox
International:
Warner Bros.
Release dateDecember 14, 1974
Running time165 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14,000,000
Gross revenue$116,000,000
$499,033,857 (inflated gross)

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'The Towering Inferno' is a 1974 American disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. The film, a co-production between Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros. (this was the first film to be a joint venture from two major Hollywood studios), 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, and was directed by John Guillermin, with Allen himself directing the action sequences. Jennifer Jones made her final film appearance in this film.

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Films directed by John Guillermin

1940sHigh Jinks in Society (1949)
1950sTorment (1950) * The Smart Aleck (1951) * Two on the Tiles (1951) * Four Days (1951) * Song of Paris (1952) * Miss Robin Hood (1952) * Operation Diplomat (1953) * The Crowded Day (1954) * Tormenta (1955) * Thunderstorm (1956) * Town on Trial (1957) * These Thousand Hills (1959) * I Was Monty's Double (1958) * Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
1960sThe Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) * Never Let Go (1960) * The Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) * Tarzan Goes to India (1962) * Guns at Batasi (1964) * Rapture (1965) * The Blue Max (1966) * P.J. (1968) * House of Cards (1968) * The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
1970sEl Condor (1970) * Skyjacked (1972) * Shaft in Africa (1974) * The Towering Inferno (1974) * King Kong (1976) * Death on the Nile (1978)
1980sMr. Patman (1980) * Sheena (1984) * King Kong Lives (1986)

Irwin Allen productions

FilmsThe Sea Around Us (1953) * Dangerous Mission (1954) * The Animal World (1956) * The Story of Mankind (1957) * The Big Circus (1959) * The Lost World (1960) * Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) * The Poseidon Adventure (1972) * The Towering Inferno (1974) * The Swarm (1978) * The Return of Captain Nemo (1978 TV film) * Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) * When Time Ran Out (1980) * Alice in Wonderland (1985 TV film)
TelevisionVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea * Lost in Space * The Time Tunnel * Land of the Giants * The Swiss Family Robinson * Code Red



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