Terror on the 40th Floor

Sep 17, 1974

1h 37m

★ 4.2

Overview

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Action

Production Companies

Montagne Productions

Metromedia Producers Corporation

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Cast

Dan Overland

John Forsythe

Howard Foster

Joseph Campanella

Lee Parker

Lynn Carlin

Darlene Foster

Anjanette Comer

Ginger Macklin

Laurie Heineman

Kelly Freeman

Don Meredith

Betty Carson

Kelly Jean Peters

Thelma Overland

Pippa Scott

Charley

Louis Guss

Jim Pierson

Hank Brandt

Stark

John Finnegan

Kasey

Danny Goldman

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