Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Co-star Susan Blakely added, “McQueen and Newman each got $1 million, the most any actor had ever been paid.” But while the two ...

When “The Towering Inferno” first lit up cinema screens in 1974, audiences were gripped by its tale of a raging fire tearing through a skyscraper. For many Malaysians, it was a spectacle that felt ...

In December 1974, The Towering Inferno soared to the top of the box office. The disaster film about a fire in the world’s tallest building was a box office No. 1 hit that became the highest-grossing ...