The Towering Inferno was based on two novels ... However, it’s unlikely most contemporary audiences would give it watch now. The stars are from a bygone era; the plotting is pokey and old ...

The Towering Inferno takes the better part of an hour before the plot literally heats up, but the disaster was the prime attraction for this movie. People came to the theater to watch the building ...

When it comes to playing hide and seek in Pontypandy Norman really is the best However when he decides that he is going to hide at the top of the fire station training tower he doesn t realise ...

Doug Roberts, architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not ...

The Towering Inferno, poster, US advance poster art, top from left: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye ... [+] Dunaway; bottom from left: Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain ...

Or if not directly caused, then aided and abetted. The culmination — the ultimate movie of its kind — was "The Towering Inferno," which opened 50 years ago this month, on Dec. 14, 1974.

But five decades later, this film isn’t readily available to stream or rent online ... Rather than let the 50th anniversary of The Towering Inferno pass unnoticed, it’s time to share the ...