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The Towering Inferno

1974, Movie, PG, 165 mins

The Towering Inferno: Cast & Details

Year: 1974
Rated PG
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 165
Format: Color
Genre(s): Disaster
Production Co(s).: Fox; Warner Bros.
Released By: Warner Bros.

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Cinematography - Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
Academy Award Winner: Best Film Editing - Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
Academy Award Winner: Best Song - "We May Never Love Like This Again"; Al Kasha (Music & Lyrics), Joel Hirschhorn (Music & Lyrics)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actor - Fred Astaire
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound - Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Dramatic Score - John Williams

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Cast
Steve McQueen: Fire Chief Michael O'Hallorhan
Paul Newman: Doug Roberts
William Holden: Jim Duncan
Faye Dunaway: Susan Franklin
Fred Astaire: Harlee Claiborne
Susan Blakely: Patty Simmons
Richard Chamberlain: Roger Simmons
Jennifer Jones: Lisolette Mueller
O.J. Simpson: Security Chief Jernigan
Robert Vaughn: Sen. Gary Parker
Robert Wagner: Dan Bigelow
Susan Flannery: Lorrie
Sheila Mathews: Paula Ramsay
Norman Burton: Will Giddings
Jack Collins: Mayor Robert Ramsay
Don Gordon: Kappy
Felton Perry: Scott
Gregory Sierra: Carlos
Ernie Orsatti: Mark
Carol McEvoy: Mrs. Albright
Michael Lookinland: Albright Child
Carlena Gower: Albright Child
Olan Soule: Engineer
John Crawford: Callahan
Dabney Coleman: Assistant Fire Chief
Malcolm Atterbury: Jeweler
Maureen McGovern: Herself

Credits
Irwin Allen: Director
John Guillermin: Director
Stirling Silliphant: Writer - based on the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas M. Scortia, Frank M. Robinson
Frank M. Robinson: Source
Richard Martin Stern: Source
Thomas M. Scortia: Source
Irwin Allen: Producer
Joseph Biroc: Cinematographer
Jim Freeman: Cinematographer - Panavision, DeLuxe Color
Fred Koenekamp: Cinematographer
Carl Kress: Editor
Harold F. Kress: Editor
John Williams: Musical Composer
William J. Creber: Production Designer
Ward Preston: Art Director
Raphael Bretton: Set Decorator
Paul Zastupnevich: Costumes
L.B. Abbott: Special Effects
A.D. Flowers: Special Effects
Logan Frazee: Special Effects
Joel Hirschhorn: Music/Lyrics Composer
Al Kasha: Music/Lyrics Composer
Paul Stader: Stunts