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 Girl Who Played with Fire (film) reviews from critics, although some noted it a step down from its predecessor. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 69% based on 156 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three and a half out of four stars, describing the film as a step down from "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", but only because the first film was so "fresh and unexpected". A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" praised Rapace's performance, stating, "tiny and agile, her steely rage showing now and