Towering Inferno

Towering Inferno1974

Director: John Guillermin
Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 165 minutes

Disaster movies used to work because there was little certainty as to who would survive. Not so in this film, really an amalgam of two original stories, about a group of well-to-do celebrants at the top floor of a skyscraper. Cheapo electrical wirin… more »



James Duncan:
Senator Parker is flying in from Washington tonight for the dedication ceremony. He's almost guaranteed to sign the Urban Renewal Contract. Do you know what that means? Skyscrapers like this all over the country. You design 'em and I'll build 'em.

Doug Roberts:
Don't you think you're suffering from an edifice complex?

James Duncan:
You'll never leave.

Doug Roberts:
Oh yeah? Why don't you come downstairs after the party and watch me burn my black tie?

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