---
title: 'Backdraft (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ron Howard'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/backdraft-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101393/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Backdraft (1991)

1991 · 131 min · Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh, it follows Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ron Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-howard)
- **Screenplay:** [Gregory Widen](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-widen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Producer:** [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer), [Raffaella De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/raffaella-de-laurentiis), [Todd Hallowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-hallowell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mikael Salomon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikael-salomon)
- **Editor:** [Daniel P. Hanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-p-hanley)

## Cast

- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro) as Fire Inspector Donald "Shadow" Rimgale
- [Kurt Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-russell) as Lieutenant Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey
- [Scott Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-glenn) as Senior Firefighter John "Axe" Adcox
- [Jack McGee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcgee) as Otis Schmidt
- [Clint Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-howard) as Ricco, morgue attendant
- [W. Earl Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-earl-brown) as Paramedic
- [David Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-crosby) as 70s hippie
- [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-jason-leigh) as Jennifer Vaitkus
- [Jason Gedrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-gedrick) as Probationary Firefighter Tim Krizminski
- [J. T. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-t-walsh) as Alderman Martin Swayzak
- [Rebecca De Mornay](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-de-mornay) as Helen McCaffrey
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland) as Ronald Bartel
- [Irma P. Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/irma-p-hall) as Nurse
- [William Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-baldwin) as Brian McCaffrey

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