Movie Poster, "The Towering Inferno," 1974
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Steve McQueen and Paul Newman headed an all-star cast in the 1974 film The Towering Inferno. Producer Irwin Allen's movie follows an architect (Newman) and a fire chief (McQueen) as they battle an out-of-control blaze in a San Francisco skyscraper. The film was a critical and commercial success, and it was arguably the best of that decade's many disaster movies.
Steve McQueen and Paul Newman headed an all-star cast in the 1974 film The Towering Inferno. Producer Irwin Allen's movie follows an architect (Newman) and a fire chief (McQueen) as they battle an out-of-control blaze in a San Francisco skyscraper. The film was a critical and commercial success, and it was arguably the best of that decade's many disaster movies.
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1974
Subject Date
1974
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
99.50.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 41 in
Width: 27.25 in
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