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Backdraft (1991)
Directed by Ron Howard
“Silently behind a door, it waits. One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage. In that instant it can create a hero...or cover a secret.”
Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime · 2h 17m
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
Cast
Kurt Russell
Stephen McCaffrey
William Baldwin
Brian McCaffrey
Robert De Niro
Donald Rimgale
Donald Sutherland
Ronald Bartel
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Vaitkus
Scott Glenn
John 'Axe' Adcox
Rebecca De Mornay
Helen McCaffrey
Jason Gedrick
Tim Kirzminski
J.T. Walsh
Alderman Marty Swayzak
A
Anthony Mockus Sr.
Chief John Fitzgerald
Cedric Young
Grindle
Juan Ramírez
Ray Santos
Crew
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writer
- Gregory Widen
- Director of Photography
- Mikael Salomon
- Original Music Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Editor
- Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
- Producer
- Richard Barton Lewis, Pen Densham, John Watson
Details
- Release date
- 1991-05-24
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Trilogy Entertainment Group, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $75,000,000
- Box office
- $152,368,585