Watch: Backdraft

Backdraft

Drama • Thriller • Action • Crime

67%
Backdraft
Backdraft
R
5/24/19912h 17m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 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. ~

Overview:

Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.

Director:

Ron Howard

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$75,000,000.00

Revenue:

$152,368,585.00

Key words:

  • chicago, illinois
  • rescue
  • fire
  • corruption
  • sibling relationship
  • psychopath
  • office
  • investigation
  • danger of life
  • arson
  • firefighting
  • explosion
  • warehouse
  • pyromaniac
  • firefighter
  • somber
  • suspenseful

Cast

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

~ as ~

Stephen McCaffrey

William Baldwin

William Baldwin

~ as ~

Brian McCaffrey

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

~ as ~

Donald Rimgale

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

~ as ~

Ronald Bartel

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

~ as ~

Jennifer Vaitkus

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

~ as ~

John 'Axe' Adcox

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

~ as ~

Helen McCaffrey

Jason Gedrick

Jason Gedrick

~ as ~

Tim Kirzminski

J. T. Walsh

J. T. Walsh

~ as ~

Alderman Marty Swayzak

Anthony Mockus Sr.

~ as ~

Chief John Fitzgerald

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