The worlds tallest building is a skyscraping testimony to ingenuity and innovation. In the hands of the 'Master of Disaster', film producer Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure), its also the worlds tallest matchstick. An all-star cast gathers for this tall story of lofty dimensions: eight Academy award nominations and three Oscars. On the night of the buildings dedication, fire erupts, trapping people from the upper floors... And igniting multiple tales of heroism and loss involving a firefighter (Steve McQueen) an architect (Paul Newman) and others caught in the steel and glass inferno (including William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire and Jennifer Jones). With starpower, pyrotechnics and suspence in abundance, The Towering Inferno sizzled at box offices worldwide.