was once the home of Frank and Frances Alioto, part of the prominent Alioto family and the couple behind a famous Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant. There’s also a sprawling Pacific Heights mansion in the film: 2898 Vallejo St. Another building featured in the film is the Hyatt Regency, which serves as the lobby of the Glass Tower, along with its scenic elevators. 555 California, which stands in for the skyscraper, was then the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi, only beaten by the Transamerica Pyramid. “The Towering Inferno” features several San Francisco buildings. 20, 1974, review for the San Francisco Examiner, “despite all sorts of extravagant and hackneyed tricks to manipulate our emotions.”īeyond the glittering cast, San Francisco also has its own star turn. “It’s unquestionably a hair-raiser,” wrote Stanley Eichelbaum in his Dec. It would also earn eight Oscar nominations, including one for best picture, and win three. But what set “The Towering Inferno” apart was its record box office - audiences flocked to the film to watch everything burn, and it earned $116 million in the United States alone and $203 million worldwide. “The Towering Inferno” wasn’t even the only disaster film released in 1974 - it was part of the Year of the Disaster Film, which also saw “Airport 1975” (a sequel to “Airport”) and “Earthquake” debut. The film was part of the genre’s heyday in the 1970s, kicked off when “Airport” (1970) soared to record box office sales and garnered 10 Academy Award nominations. Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and Paul Newman all in costume in a publicity still issued for the film "The Towering Inferno," 1974. Faye Dunaway played Newman’s beautiful wife, William Holden was the cursed real estate developer, Richard Chamberlain served as a sneaky contractor (and Holden’s son-in-law) and in his only Oscar-nominated role, Fred Astaire appears as an aging con man.
One defining aspect of “The Towering Inferno” was its wildly starry ensemble cast, including Steve McQueen as a heroic fire chief and Paul Newman as a stoic architect.
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