CREDITS

It's boring, but it has to be done. Here we go....
(Don't forget to read my interview with songwriter Joel Hirschhorn,
the special article about special effects man Bill Abbott or the
article about action-director Joseph F. Biroc).
Newman

CAST
character actor
Michael O'HallorhanSteve McQueen
Doug RobertsPaul Newman
James DuncanWilliam Holden
Susan FranklinFaye Dunaway
Harlee ClaiborneFred Astaire
Patty SimmonsSusan Blakely
Roger SimmonsRichard Chamberlain
Lisolette MuellerJennifer Jones
Jernigan O.J. Simpson
Senator Gary ParkerRobert Vaughn
Dan BigelowRobert Wagner
LorrieSusan Flannery
Paula RamsaySheila Mathews
Will Giddings Norman Burton
Mayor RamsayJack Collins
KappyDon Gordon
ScottFelton Perry
CarlosGregory Sierra
Mark PowersErnie Orsatti
Deputy Chief #1Dabney Coleman
Lady in buoyElizabeth Rogers
GuestAnn Leicester
FlakerNorman Grabowski
Deputy Chief #2Ross Elliott
JohnsonOlan Soulé
Angela AllbrightCarlena Gower
Phillip AllbrightMike Lookinland
Mrs. AllbrightCarol McEvoy
Young firemanScott Newman

PRODUCTION
ProducerIrwin Allen
DirectorJohn Guillermin
Action Sequences directed byIrwin Allen
Associate ProducerSidney Marshall
Screenplay byStirling Silliphant
Based on two novels:
"The Tower"
"The Glass Inferno"

by Richard Martin Stern
by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson
MusicJohn Williams
Song: "We may never love like this again" by
Sung by
Al Kasha and Joel Hirshhorn
Maureen McGovern
Executive Assistants to ProducerAlbert Gail and William A. Welch
Production ManagersHal Herman and Norman Cook
Production DesignerWilliam Creber
Director of PhotographyFred J. Koenekamp, A.S.C.
Director of Photography, Action SequencesJoseph F. Biroc, A.S.C.
Art DirectorWard Preston
Set DecoratorRaphael Bretton
Costume DesignerPaul Zastupnevich
1 st Assistant DirectorsWes McAfee and Newton Arnold
2 nd Assistant DirectorsDon White and Bob Bender
Stunt CoordinatorPaul Stader
Script SupervisorMarie Kenney
Dialogue CoachSteven Marlo
Casting DirectorJack Baur
Mechanical EffectsA.D. Flowers and Logan Frazee
Film EditorsHarold Kress and Carl Kress
SoundHerman Lewis
Technical AdvisorsPeter Lucarelli and Jack Cavallero
Photographic Effects Bill Abbott, A.S.C.
Photographic Effects CoordinatorGeorge Swink
Asst. Art DirectorSteve Sardanis
Production IllustratorsNikita Knatz, Tom Cranham, Dan Goozee, Joseph Musso
Production ControllersArt Volpert, George Leslie
Property MastersRobert McLaughlin, Jerry Kobald
1 st Asst. Director-Action Unit.Malcolm Harding
2 nd Asst. Director-Action UnitPhil Ball, Mike Grillo
Script Supervisor-Action UnitEsther Stephenson
Unit Publicist...(you always wanted to know)Don Morgan

back