| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Steve McQueen | ... | ||
| Paul Newman | ... | ||
| William Holden | ... | ||
| Faye Dunaway | ... | ||
| Fred Astaire | ... | ||
| Susan Blakely | ... | ||
| Richard Chamberlain | ... | ||
| Jennifer Jones | ... | ||
| O.J. Simpson | ... | ||
| Robert Vaughn | ... | ||
| Robert Wagner | ... | ||
| Susan Flannery | ... | ||
| Sheila Allen | ... |
Paula Ramsay
(as Sheila Mathews)
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| Norman Burton | ... |
Giddings
(as Normann Burton)
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| Jack Collins | ... | ||
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 been followed and that the building continues to develop short circuits. When the fire begins, Michael O'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]>
What a movie! it has an all star cast including Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden and many more.
The basis for this movie is the opening of the worlds tallest building, but things aren't as perfect as they seem as architect Paul Newman discovers inadequate electrical wiring in the building which could result in dangerous concequences. He then reports this to the buildings owner James Duncan but he doesn't think that it is a problem and still decides to go on with the opening ceremony which puts 300 peoples lives in the balance while trapped on the top of the 138 storey skyscraper when the building goes on fire due to the poor wiring, this results in unpredictable explosions and fires breaking out everywhere in the building. It is now up to fireman Steve McQueen his crew and the aide of the Navy to rescue the 300 people on top of the building and put out the fire.
By far the best disaster movie ever made with a terrific all star cast. Not to be missed!