American actors Paul Newman and Steve McQueen on the set of The Towering Inferno, based on the novel ... [+] by Richard Martin Stern, and directed by John Guillermin. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The culmination — the ultimate movie of its kind — was "The Towering Inferno," which opened 50 years ago this month, on Dec. 14 ...

Directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, The Towering Inferno remains a classic example of the disaster genre, blending suspense, action and human drama into a thrilling spectacle ...