Original The Towering Inferno Movie Posters

The Towering Inferno movie posters rank among the defining campaign materials of the 1970s disaster film cycle — the theatrical campaigns for the 1974 Fox and Warner Bros. co-production leveraged the extraordinary dual star power of Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, the two most bankable American male stars of that decade, sharing a single production for the only time. The resulting poster campaigns balanced that star power against the spectacle of the burning tower. Find original Towering Inferno theatrical paper from the dual-studio release. The US one-sheet — the glass tower engulfed in flame, McQueen and Newman's names given equal billing in an unprecedented arrangement — is the primary collector target. International versions, released through both Fox and Warners' separate distribution networks, produced variant campaigns across major theatrical markets worldwide. The film's enormous box-office success drove large initial print runs, but equally large attrition through intensive theatrical display. Fine flat copies of the original theatrical one-sheet are now scarce — the dual-studio arrangement produced variations in format and design that make complete collections an interesting specialist challenge. Lobby card sets from the fire-sequence footage are among the most visually dramatic from any 1970s disaster production, the fire and disaster imagery exceptionally well-suited to the lobby card format. Browse alongside our Steve McQueen and Paul Newman collections. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.