On Dec. 16, 1974, 20th-Fox and Warner Bros. unveiled in theaters what would become a landmark disaster movie, The Towering Inferno.

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 ...

The culmination — the ultimate movie of its kind — was "The Towering Inferno," which opened 50 years ago this month, on Dec. 14, 1974. In it, a sleazy electrical subcontractor, played by ...

The culmination — the ultimate movie of its kind — was "The Towering Inferno," which opened 50 years ago this month, on Dec. 14, 1974. In it, a sleazy electrical subcontractor, played by ...

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In three months, three hit movies came out - Airport 1975, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno - all disaster ... The fall of 1974 was a grand time for lovers of enormous movie spectacles featuring ...

How big a hit was the film? In 1974, Airport 1975, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno grossed $243 million combined. In 1975, Jaws grossed $273 million on its own, which led Hollywood to begin ...

The '70s were the era of disaster movies, and The Towering Inferno may be the greatest film in the genre even five decades after its release.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...