Visible crew/equipment: When Harlee arrives at the building, set lights are reflected on his sunglasses.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake - chronological order
Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson
Continuity mistake: When O.J. Simpson (Security Guard) attempts to rescue the mother and 2 children from their apartment, he kicks the door in. If you look closely, the door is actually open and he's holding it shut so he "can" kick it in! (01:06:45)
Doug Roberts: I don't know. Maybe they just oughta leave it the way it is. Kind of a shrine to all the bullshit in the world.
Trivia: Both Paul Newman and Steve McQueen did most of their own stunts in this film.
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.
Maybe not. A helicopter crashed on the roof, setting it on fire and destroying the helipad.
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Answer: Where the stairs were blown out they could have crossed over to the adjacent stairwell and back.