3bar (August 10, 2008 at 9:08 pm)

I agree. When I saw this in the movies in '74 it really creeped me out.

louisiane1864 (August 8, 2008 at 2:11 am)

I totally agree.

honkboy1993 (August 7, 2008 at 10:40 am)

you know? when i was 12, the face lorrie did at 8:07,(when she screamed and catched fire) use to scare the shit out of me alot. but i'm 15 now, and it dosen't seem so scary anymore

UFOSPACE1999 (July 28, 2008 at 4:55 am)

IF i am not mistaken Irwin Allen could only film 20 seconds at a time on the original 57 sets, cuz after 20 seconds, the fire would become harder to control, and after the film was finished only 3 or 4 sets were left, Irwin burned them all.

UFOSPACE1999 (July 28, 2008 at 4:50 am)

it was a mixture of kerosene, gasoline, whiskey, hot liquid wax, and a lil bit diesel petro. IF that was not enuff, Irwin Allen ORDERED that Robert Wagner catch fire!!!

booth2710 (July 15, 2008 at 11:06 pm)

I've noticed that also - the scene with Susan Flannery and Wagner is probably the most disturbing scene of all - it always makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up - from then on the rest of the drama / tension scene are much lighter by comparison - it's almost as if the production team felt the need to "lighten things up a little" ... I think two many macabre scenes like this might have had an awful impact on the mood of the cinema audience ... maybe?

booth2710 (July 15, 2008 at 10:59 pm)

Towering Inferno rescreens on TV in th UK a few times and is always shown through the day and the scene when Susan Flannery is trapped in the burning room and eventually goes out of the window in a backdraft is always edited out ! I guess they figure it is a bit much for day time audiences ???

soremongs (July 11, 2008 at 1:05 am)

Susan Flannery had an impressive pair of yams!

pulitzer8 (June 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm)

This was the most believable scene and set of characters in the film. Where is a cell phone in 1974 when you needed it. The theme song was horrible, unlike McGovern's much better "The Morning After."

Megatenist (June 5, 2008 at 7:18 pm)

STOP, DROP, AND ROLL!!