Although it is not consistently engaging enough to fully justify its towering runtime, The Towering Inferno is a blustery spectacle that executes its disaster premise with flair.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Guillermin , Irwin Allen -
Producer -
Irwin Allen -
Screenwriter -
Stirling Silliphant -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Twentieth Century Fox -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Action , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 14, 1974, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 25, 2015 -
Runtime -
2h 45m