The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American drama disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. The picture was directed by John Guillermin. A co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., it was the first film to be a joint venture by two major Hollywood studios. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from a pair of novels, "The Tower" by Richard Martin Stern and "The Glass Inferno" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. The film earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture
The High and the Mighty (film) sequels (along with the "Airplane!" parodies, the first of which featured Stack lampooning himself). "The High and the Mighty" served as a template for later disaster-themed films such as the "Airport" series (1970–79), "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), "The Towering Inferno" (1974), "The Hindenburg" (1975), and "Titanic" (1997). The film was one of Wayne's co-productions in which he also starred, a practice which would not become widespread until the 1980s and 1990s. "The High and the Mighty" had its premiere in Hollywood at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on May 27, 1954. It was commercially released on July 3, 1954. Although the choice