Backdraft (1991)

Written by Gregory Widen

Directed by Ron Howard

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1991

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

As a young boy Brian McCafferty (William Baldwin) watches his fire-fighter father perish while on a ride along with him. Years on Brian decides to join the fire service and becomes a rookie fire fighter. To try and earn the respect of his older brother, Stephen (Kurt Russell) and the other fire fighters, Brian takes a part in an investigation into a string of arson attacks and murders after becoming frightened in a fire situation, and then gets into an investigative office and finds that he is now not only putting out the arsonist's fires, he's trying to track them down.

This film is a detailed look into the duties and lives of firemen with the most amazing pyrotechnics and special effects.

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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 at Age 7
	Robert Swan		Bartender
	Clint Howard		Pathologist
	Ron West		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