“Inferno,” with its use of fire ... It mirrors the dynamic of the characters in the film, usually a disparate group of people who have to get in sync to survive that fire/upside-down cruise ...

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" (1970), "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972 ...