"Ladies and gentlemen. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? It seems that we have a small fire. In one of our storage rooms, 50 floors below. Now I assure you there's no danger. But in accordance with the fire department's orders, a purely precautionary procedure, we're going to have to move the party down to the lobby for a while and we'll be serving cocktails and champagne in our Continental Room. But I promise you - dinner will not be delayed. Now if we can all move to the elevators."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry. You'll have to move back into the Promenade Room, and we'll be taking you down by the scenic elevator. Now these express elevators can be activated by fire. And with the probability of short circuits, the cars might stop on the floor where the fire is. So please we'll use the scenic elevator, over there. (a panicked group of guests enter an express elevator anyway despite Duncan's warnings) FOR GOD'S SAKE, GET OUT OF THERE! (elevator door closes with the panicked guests in the elevator car, which would soon bring them to their firey doom) Please, back!! (pushes the elevator button to try to get the elevator car back up to cancel the trip down, but to no avail)"

"(on the security phone) Security, this is Duncan. Have the main breakers gone? (whispering to Senator Parker after getting the bad news) The whole system's failed."

"Urgency? Hey Dunc, if that fire was caused by fluky wiring in this building, we could get fires breaking out EVERYWHERE!!!"

"I don't know. Maybe they just oughta leave it the way it is. Kind of a shrine to all the the bullshit in the world."

"One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense."

"The tallest building in the world is on fire. You are there with 294 other guests... There's no way down. There's no way out."

"“The Towering Inferno” Is Not Just The Story Of The World' Tallest Building In Flames, It's The Story Of People..."

"One minute you're attending a party atop the world's tallest skyscraper. The next... you're trapped with 294 other guests in the middle of a fiery hell."

"You are there on the 135th floor, no way down, no way out."

"The world's tallest building is on fire. You are there on the 135th floor... no way down... no way out."

"Steve McQueen – Fire Chief Michael O'Halloran"

"Paul Newman – Doug Roberts"

"William Holden – James Duncan"

"Faye Dunaway – Susan Franklin"

"Fred Astaire – Harlee Claiborne"

"Susan Blakely – Patty Duncan Simmons"

"Jennifer Jones – Lisolette Mueller"

"O. J. Simpson – Harry Jernigan"

"Robert Vaughn – Senator Gary Parker"

"Robert Wagner – Dan Bigelow"

"And to have his name on a memorial devoted to life, as he was devoted to life and to people, would please him enormously. He loved this city, and was proud of its success, particularly the last 10 years. And so it is with great joy that I present this check for $3 million dollars to the Chairman of the Board of Directors."

"Shelley Winters – Nurse Andrea Harper"

"Susan Clark – Diana Brockhurst-Lautrec"

"Barry Newman – Dr. Frank Whitman"

"What happened to them could happen to you ... In any city anywhere!"

"The casualties are now close to 3,000. To complicate matters, water pressure has fallen considerably. Despite the help of neighboring communities, the scattered locations of fires are more than the combined firefighters. And now, as night approaches, the looting has begun."

"This is Maggie Grayson reporting. At 12:37, the Manson Refinery, the 9th largest in the world, erupted with devastating force. The cause is yet unknown. The Manson Refinery, built against public protest, covered some 300 acres and has a supposed storage capacity of 15 million gallons. The initial casualty reports are staggering, and fires are raging out of control all over our city. The multiple explosions have created havoc and total destruction of a large part of the city."

"The hospital is a memorial to her first husband the late Governor Paul Brockhurst. She herself has endowed the hospital with a trust of $3 million dollars, a generous gesture. Diana's now worth a modest $35 million dollars. Welcome home, Diana. And now for the weather forecast."

"All it takes is one man, could be anybody - your neighbor, my neighbor - one man to destroy a city."

"187 fires have already been reported out control - here, here and here (pointing to various areas of the city on a map). We have little chance of preventing total destruction! I recommend we evacuate the areas immediately, prepare for demolition - prevent the fires from spreading any further."

"That refinery is leveled. Over 60 fires have started already. I haven't been able to reach the mayor to get a Code 9 so I'm assuming command. Mike, radio the governor to mobilize the National Guard. Johnson, contact Temple County, ask the National Park Service for the tanker planes. Martin, call and see if we can get some choppers. Andrew, everyone and I mean everyone is subject to immediate recall. Stella, I want to talk to both Police Chief Abrams and Councilman Paley."