Backdraft (1991) - film review

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

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Backdraft is an American thriller film first released in 1991, directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Ron Howard
Script: Ron Howard
Photo: Mikael Salomon
Music: Hans Zimmer
Cast: Kurt Russell (Stephen ’Bull’ McCaffrey), William Baldwin (Brian McCaffrey), Robert De Niro (Donald ’Shadow’ Rimgale), Donald Sutherland (Ronald Bartel), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Jennifer Vaitkus), Scott Glenn (John ’Axe’ Adcox), Rebecca De Mornay (Helen McCaffrey), Jason Gedrick (Tim Krizminski), J.T. Walsh (Alderman Marty Swayzak), Anthony Mockus Sr. (Chief John Fitzgerald), Cedric Young (Grindle), Juan Ramírez (Ray Santos), Kevin Casey (Nightingale), Jack McGee (Schmidt), Mark Wheeler (Pengelly), Richard Lexsee (Washington), Beep Iams (Sean McCaffrey), Ryan Todd (Brian, Age 7), Robert Swan (Willy, Bartender), Clint Howard (Ricco, Pathologist), Ron West (Alan Seagrave, Backdraft Victim), Kevin Crowley (Candidate), Carlos Sanz (Candidate), Harry Hutchinson (Candidate), David A.C. Saunders (Candidate), Jane Jenkins (Woman Psychiatrist), Tim Grimm (Man at Parole Board), David Crosby (’70s Hippie), Mike Mangano (Firetruck Driver), Rick Reardon (Paramedic), Leslie A. Ford (Paramedic), W. Earl Brown (Paramedic), Robert F. Byrnes (Paramedic), Kathryn Jaeck (Mannequin Fire Reporter), David Westgor (Mannequin Fire Reporter), James Ritz (Mannequin Fire Reporter), Joe Guastaferro (Donald Cosgrove, Backdraft Victim), Don Herion (Repairman), Tony Mockus Jr. (Jackson), Gregory Widen (Engine Lieutenant), Andrew Lipschultz (Man on Party Boat), Walter Williams (Security Guard), Bob Krzeminski (Captain), F. Pat Burns (Battalion Chief at Tenement Fire), Wanda Christine (Mother at Tenement Fire), Anthony C. Ellis Jr. (Gasping Child at Tenement Fire), Peter C. Hobert Jr. (Probie), Zita Visockis (Grandma Vaitkus), Razz Jenkins (Photographer at Boat Party), Irma P. Hall (Nurse), Nydia Rodriguez Terracina (Nurse), Hollis Resnik (Sally), Don Rimgale (Party Crony), Dennis Liddiard (Party Brawler), David Luckenbach (Security Officer), Neil J. Francis Jr. (Cop #1), Andre Melchor (Cop #2), Karel King (Swayzak Aide #1), Scott Baity (Swayzak Aide #2), Gretchen Erickson (Bar Patron), Joan Esposito (Television Reporter), Bob Rice (Detective), Marcella DeTineo (Nurse), Jane MacIver (Retirement Party Schmoozer), Burton Stencel (Retirement Party Schmoozer), Robert Martell (Retirement Party Roaster), Tony G. Chrisos (Politico), Cay DeVos (Politico), Gregory Lundsgaard (High Rise Fireman), Charles Burns Jr. (Battalion Chief at Mannequin Fire), Louise Woolf (Falling Chair Lady), Ian A. Nevers (Nervous Probie), Kelsey E. McMahon (Child Rescued at ’70s Fire), Fidel Moreno (’70s Onlooker), Zan Heber (Reporter), Ilene Kwitny (Reporter), Jane Alderman (Reporter), Kevin Petersen (Doctor), Thomas A. Senderak (Fireman), Michael Allen Mark (Fireman), John Duda (Stephen, Age 12), Jackie Moran (Musician), Larry Nazimek (Police Officer), David Saunders (Candidate), Dan Tullis Jr. (Engine 17 Firefighter), Linda Wylie (Photographer)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 132 min

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