FILM

Backdraft (1991)

Name: Backdraft
Director: Ron Howard
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Released: 1991-05-24
Cast: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Film · 1991 · 137 min · R · Drama · Thriller · Action

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.

Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.

Directed by Ron Howard

Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick

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Release dates in United States

In cinemas	24 May 1991
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	28 October 1997
First release anywhere	24 May 1991

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