Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. The ensemble cast included Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain ...
Directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, The Towering Inferno remains a ... Born on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska, Fred Astaire played the role of Harlee Claiborne, a con ...
Fred Astaire and Dabney Coleman. "'The Towering Inferno' was the most popular film of 1974," said Page, a Dumont naive. "It was the highest grosser." But big as it was, it resembled "Airport ...