The Towering Inferno (1974)

THE TOWERING INFERNO  (1974)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: John Guillerman, Irwin Allen
    Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden,
    Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain,
    Jennifer Jones, Susan Blakely, O.J. Simpson,
    Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery
When the world's tallest building catches fire on the night of its dedication bash, it's up to a rugged, blue-eyed fire chief and a handsome, blue-eyed architect to save a roomful of well-heeled partygoers from turning into human toast. An irresistibly clunky Irwin Allen disaster epic in which flames shoot out of a model skyscraper while the leads act heroic and various supporting players either get torched or go splat on the sidewalk. Jennifer Jones plays one of the characters who doesn't make it, but at least the rescue workers manage to save her cat. It's that kind of movie.