Audio problem: When Lorrie jumps out of the window, she yells out loud and clear, but her stunt is firmly covering her mouth.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
1 mistake since 27 Mar '24, 10:35
Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson
Dan Bigelow: What happened, somebody hang the wallpaper upside down?
Trivia: At Steve McQueen's request, both he and Paul Newman had the same number of lines.
Question: In the end after all the tower is extinguished, I wonder how the remaining people on the promenade room got back to the ground floor since the stairs have blown out, the external elevator got broken and there is no electricity for use the other elevators? Maybe they used helicopters?
Answer: Exactly, the same helicopter that took Steve McQueen to the roof was most likely the one that picked everyone up.
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Answer: Where the stairs were blown out they could have crossed over to the adjacent stairwell and back.