It didn't make me fearful of high rises, since I grew up in a small town where there were none. But I saw your post, remember this movie, and thought I'd pop by to say I recall when this first aired on network t.v., when I was in my mid teens, not long after it had completed its theatrical run. Back during the mid '70s, this was one of seems like a handful or so all-star disaster blockbusters. For some reason, Jennifer Jones is who I most remember being in this. Odd, since I don't think her role was actually one of the more significant ones!

I rewatched it again just recently. Jennifer Jones actually had a substantial part, compared to a few big names which were just fleeting scenes.

(POSSIBLE SPOILER "RECOLLECTION" FOLLOWS)

I may be thoroughly mistaken in my memory, but does Jennifer Jones' character fall down an elevator shaft or the such in this movie, or am I mixing her up with someone else about that occurrence? (Or did no character fall down an elevator shaft?) When I think of J. J. in this film, I for some reason just automatically mentally picture her on the left side of a shot, standing by an elevator door or an open elevator chute, and - for some reason - my "memory" tells me that something bad then happens to her character. I haven't seen this movie in probably 40 years, so very well may be superimposing a mental Inferno picture of J. J. with something that happened with an entirely different character in either this or perhaps some totally other movie.

You have a pretty good memory for a movie you saw so long ago. You're pretty close. She falls from a scenic elevator on the outside of the building.

I was pretty disappointed that she wasn't one of the survivors because she was a heroin (in my eyes). I really like her in that role.

I never saw any of her movies in her later years. Towering Inferno was her last movie before retirement.

I'm surprised I still remembered anything about that character's fate, considering that - oddly - I actually don't think there's anything whatsoever else about the movie that I'm now able to recall otherwise.

I always have very much liked Jennifer Jones.

I haven't seen this movie but I'm interested in watching it. Out of curiosity, which is the better movie, this or Earthquake? Both are on my watchlist.

I don't really have any problem with high buildings, but I did really love this movie. I am sure it is a bit lame if I watched today, but I watched it long ago as a kid, several times, and always loved it. I really love disaster movies but that one in particular really impressed me.

@SpaceRanger06 said:

I haven't seen this movie but I'm interested in watching it. Out of curiosity, which is the better movie, this or Earthquake? Both are on my watchlist.

I haven't seen Earthquake. IMO Towering Inferno is definitely worth a watch.

@ausfem said:

@SpaceRanger06 said:

I haven't seen this movie but I'm interested in watching it. Out of curiosity, which is the better movie, this or Earthquake? Both are on my watchlist.

I haven't seen Earthquake. IMO Towering Inferno is definitely worth a watch.

I second this.

I watched this in the theaters and was very young. I was entranced by the movie.

The only actor I recognized was OJ Simpson.