The Towering Inferno (1974)

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  • Release dates
  • Soundtrack listing
  • Awards
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Basic facts

Original title The Towering Inferno
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1975-03-03

Cast

Steve McQueen
Michael O'Hallorhan

Paul Newman
Doug Roberts

William Holden
James Duncan

Faye Dunaway
Susan Franklin

Fred Astaire
Harlee Claiborne

Susan Blakely
Patty Simmons

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Titles

Original title
  • The Towering Inferno
Swedish release title
  • Skyskrapan brinner!
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Skyskrapan brinner - Special Edition (2010)
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Skyskrapan brinner!

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor

Cast

Steve McQueen Michael O'Hallorhan
Paul Newman Doug Roberts
William Holden James Duncan
Faye Dunaway Susan Franklin
Fred Astaire Harlee Claiborne
Susan Blakely Patty Simmons
Richard Chamberlain Roger Simmons
Jennifer Jones Liselotte Mueller
O.J. Simpson Jernigan
Robert Vaughn Gary Parker
Robert Wagner Dan Bigelow

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Warner Bros.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Warner-Columbia Film AB
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2010

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 114154
Date 1975-01-15
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 4510 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (Panavision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24


Original work

Original title The Tower (Novel)
Author Richard Martin Stern


Original title The Glass Inferno (Novel)
Author Thomas M. Scortia
Frank M. Robinson


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1975-03-03 Göta Gothenburg Sweden 164 min
1975-03-03 Lorensberg Gothenburg Sweden 164 min
1975-03-03 Scania Malmö Sweden 164 min
1975-03-03 Fontänen Malmö Sweden 164 min
1975-03-03 Sergel Stockholm Sweden 164 min (samt ytterligare 14 platser)
TV showing 1995-06-13 Femman Sweden 157 min
1997-05-03 Kanal 5 Sweden 157 min
1998-02-08 Kanal 5 Sweden 157 min
Festival showing 1998-04-15 Mätt.
Video release 1998-09 Sweden 157 min
TV showing 1999-09-17 SVT1 Sweden 157 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-12-29
DVD release 2010-03-10 Sweden
Filmhusetvisning 2022-05-20 Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 4484


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 4
Slides 12
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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