Backdraft

Backdraft (1991)

Silently behind a door, it waits. One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage. In that instant it can create a hero...or cover a secret.

Drama Thriller Action Crime

Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.

star 6.6 6.7 39 73%
  • Release Date: 1991-05-24
  • Runtime: 2h 17min
  • Director: Ron Howard

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Cast

  • Kurt Russell

    Stephen McCaffrey

  • William Baldwin

    Brian McCaffrey

  • Robert De Niro

    Donald Rimgale

  • Donald Sutherland

    Ronald Bartel

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh

    Jennifer Vaitkus

  • Scott Glenn

    John 'Axe' Adcox

  • Rebecca De Mornay

    Helen McCaffrey

  • Jason Gedrick

    Tim Kirzminski

  • 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 Goldstein

    Brian, Age 7

  • John Duda

    Stephen - Age 12

  • Robert Swan

    Willy - Bartender

  • Clint Howard

    Ricco, Pathologist

  • Ron West

    Alan Seagrave

  • Kevin Crowley

    Candidate

  • Carlos Sanz

    Candidate

  • Jane Jenkins

    Woman Psychiatrist

  • David Crosby

    '70s Hippie

  • W. Earl Brown

    Paramedic

  • James Ritz

    Mannequin Fire Reporter

  • Irma P. Hall

    Nurse

  • Nydia Rodriguez Terracina

    Nurse

  • Dennis Liddiard

    Party Brawler

  • David Luckenbach

    Security Officer

  • Gregory Lundsgaard

    High-Rise Fireman

  • Dan Tullis Jr.

    Engine 17 Firefighter

  • Peter C. Hobert

    Probie

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