Steve McQueen
Chief O'Hallorhan
Paul Newman
Doug Roberts
William Holden
Jim Duncan
Faye Dunaway
Susan
Fred Astaire
Harlee Claiborne
Susan Blakely
Patty
Richard Chamberlain
Simmons
Jennifer Jones
Lisolette
O. J. Simpson
Jernigan
Robert Vaughn
Senator Parker
Robert Wagner
Bigelow
Susan Flannery
Lorrie
Sheila Allen
Paula Ramsay
Norman Burton
Giddings
Jack Collins
Mayor Ramsay
Don Gordon
Kappy
Felton Perry
Scott
Gregory Sierra
Carlos
Dabney Coleman
Deputy Chief #1
Elizabeth Rogers
Lady in Buoy
Ann Leicester
Guest
Norman Grabowski
Flaker
Ross Elliott
Deputy Chief #2
Olan Soule
Johnson
Carlena Gower
Angela Allbright
Mike Lookinland
Phillip Allbright
Carol McEvoy
Mrs. Allbright
Scott Newman
Young Fireman
Paul Comi
Tim
George D. Wallace
Chief Officer
Patrick Culliton
Technician
William Bassett
Leading Agent
John Crawford
CallahanArt Balinger
AnnouncerNorman Hicks
PilotThomas Karnahan
Co-Pilot
Leoda Richards
Party Guest (uncredited)David Armstrong
Party Guest (uncredited)Ruth Foster
Party Guest (uncredited)
Maureen McGovern
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Steven Marlo
Fireman (uncredited)
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Reviews
The crowning glory of a much maligned genre. A newly built state of the art high-rise is hosting a big society gathering when a fire starts up on the 81st floor... Warner Brothers & 20th Century Fox were both keen to cash in on the success of 1972s The Poseidon Adventure, Warner's buying the rights to The Tower, and Fox buying the rights to The Glass Inferno, both novels about burning skysc
Successful 70’s disaster flick isn’t anywhere near as entertaining as “The Poseidon Adventure” RELEASED IN 1974 and directed by John Guillermin, "The Towering Inferno" details events in San Francisco when the world's tallest building, The Glass Tower (138 stories), catches aflame due to an electrical short and threatens hundreds of lives during the grand dedication ceremony. Paul Newman plays t