---
title: 'The Towering Inferno (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Guillermin'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 158
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-towering-inferno-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072308/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Towering Inferno (1974)

1974 · PG · 158 min · Drama, Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. It 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. In addition to McQueen and Newman, the cast includes William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman, and Jennifer Jones in her final role.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Guillermin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-guillermin)
- **Screenplay:** [Stirling Silliphant](https://cinepixo.com/people/stirling-silliphant)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Producer:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph F. Biroc](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-f-biroc), [Fred Koenekamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-koenekamp)
- **Editor:** [Harold F. Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-f-kress), [Carl Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-kress)

## Cast

- [Jennifer Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-jones) as Lisolette Muller
- [Mike Lookinland](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-lookinland)
- [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen) as Michael O'Hallorhan
- [William Traylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-traylor)
- [Don Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-gordon)
- [Jack Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-collins)
- [O. J. Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-j-simpson) as Harry Jernigan
- [Robert Vaughn](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-vaughn) as Gary Parker
- [George D. Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-d-wallace)
- [John Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-crawford)
- [Faye Dunaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/faye-dunaway) as Susan Franklin
- [Dabney Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dabney-coleman)
- [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire) as Harlee Claiborne
- [Robert Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wagner) as Dan Bigelow
- [Jennifer Rhodes](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-rhodes)

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