The Towering Inferno

One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense.

165 mins
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Steve McQueen

Chief O'Hallorhan

Paul Newman

Doug Roberts

William Holden

Jim Duncan

Fred Astaire

Harlee Claiborne

Robert Vaughn

Senator Parker

Sheila Allen

Paula Ramsay

Jack Collins

Mayor Ramsay

Ernie F. Orsatti

Mark Powers

Dabney Coleman

Deputy Chief #1

Elizabeth Rogers

Lady in Buoy

Ross Elliott

Deputy Chief #2

Olan Soule

Johnson

Carlena Gower

Angela Allbright

Mike Lookinland

Phillip Allbright

Carol McEvoy

Mrs. Allbright

Scott Newman

Young Fireman

George D. Wallace

Chief Officer

William Bassett

Leading Agent

Art Balinger

Announcer

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)

Irwin Allen

Producer

Phil Ball

Second Assistant Director

Monty Westmore

Makeup Artist

Ward Preston

Art Direction

Jack Baur

Casting

William J. Creber

Production Design

Paul Zastupnevich

Costume Design

Sidney Marshall

Associate Producer

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Fred J. Koenekamp

Director of Photography

Raphael Bretton

Set Decoration

Erik Cord

Stunts

Irwin Allen

Action Director

Dick Dial

Stunts

Lila Finn

Stunts

Frank Regula

Sound Mixer

John A. Bonner

Sound Supervisor

John Moio

Stunts

Frank V. Phillips

Additional Photography

Joseph F. Biroc

Additional Photography

Norman A. Cook

Unit Production Manager

Wes McAfee

Assistant Director

Jere Henshaw

Production Supervisor

Newt Arnold

Assistant Director

Richard Shepherd

Production Supervisor

Kathy Fields

Still Photographer

John Murray

Key Grip

Nikita Knatz

Production Illustrator

Theodore Soderberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert McLaughlin

Property Master

Art Volpert

Production Coordinator

Herbert W. Spencer

Orchestrator

Paul Stader

Stunt Coordinator

Joseph Musso

Production Illustrator

Leonard A. Engel

Supervising Music Editor

Tom Cranham

Production Illustrator

Naomi Cavin

Hairstylist

Don Hall

Supervising Sound Editor

Thomas Laughridge

Camera Operator

George Leslie

Production Controller

Don Morgan

Unit Publicist

Ted Keep

Scoring Mixer

Jean Burt Reilly

Hairstylist

Susan Germaine

Hairstylist

Jack Hooper

Negative Cutter

Bob Bender

Second Assistant Director

Dan Goozee

Production Illustrator

Steven P. Sardanis

Assistant Art Director

Orlando Suero

Still Photographer

Marie Kenney

Script Supervisor

Emile LaVigne

Makeup Artist

Donald White

Second Assistant Director

Gerald Endler

Mechanical Designer

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