A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and Susan are working late on the 37th floor, along with cleaning staff, security, and building engineers, some of whom are installing sprinklers. The fire spreads rapidly and those in the building quickly become trapped.
Practical Effects
Genuine pyrotechnics before CGI ruined everything.
Acting
Lee Majors treating this TV movie like Oscar bait.
Director
Robert Day
Lee Majors
Captain Sterling
Lisa Hartman
Susan Lowell
Peter Scolari
Paul DeWitt
John Laughlin
Milner
Kim Miyori
Willa Reeves
Michael Beach
Perez
Julian Reyes
Danny
Ismael 'East' Carlo
Battalion Chief Rinosso
Paul Linke
Battalion Chief Powers
Tim Grimm
Firefighter Billy Baldwin
William Bumiller
Kevin Miles
Efrain Figueroa
Moreno
Jack Rader
Lloyd
Casey Sander
Captain Hunt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after real-life One Meridian Plaza fire killed three Philadelphia firefighters, making its timing uncomfortably prescient.
Shot in an actual Los Angeles high-rise; the production's fire safety consultant later criticized their own on-set protocols.
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