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Cast
|   | Kurt Russell | As: Stephen McCaffrey | 
|   | William Baldwin | As: Brian McCaffrey | 
|   | Robert De Niro | As: Donald Rimgale | 
|   | Donald Sutherland | As: Ronald Bartel | 
|   | Jennifer Jason Leigh | As: Jennifer Vaitkus | 
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | 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. | 
| Certification: | R | 
Details
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Language: English
Release Date: 24 May 1991
Country: US
Runtime: 137m
Film Collections
Company Credits
Company: Trilogy Entertainment Group, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Budget: $75,000,000
Revenue: $152,368,585
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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 | 
Directed By
|   | Ron Howard | Director | 
|   | Sioux Richards | Script Supervisor | 
|   | Jack Gallagher | First Assistant Director | 
|   | Todd Hallowell | Second Unit Director | 
|   | Jeff Okabayashi | Second Second Assistant Director | 
Writing Credits
|   | Gregory Widen | Writer | 
|   | Mark Moore | Storyboard | 
Production Crew
|   | Brian Grazer | Executive Producer | 
|   | Richard Barton Lewis | Producer | 
|   | Raffaella De Laurentiis | Executive Producer | 
|   | Pen Densham | Producer | 
|   | Larry DeWaay | Co-Producer | 
|   | Jane Jenkins | Casting | 
|   | Janet Hirshenson | Casting | 
|   | John Watson | Producer | 
|   | Todd Hallowell | Associate Producer | 
|   | Jacqueline King | Casting Associate | 
|   | Jim Morris | Executive In Charge Of Production | 
|   | Michael J. Malone | Location Manager | 
|   | Larry DeWaay | Unit Production Manager | 
|   | Cheryl A. Stone | Production Accountant | 
|   | Alecia LaRue | Production Coordinator | 
|   | Scott Ross | General Manager | 
|   | Joan Philo | Extras Casting Assistant | 
|   | Paul Andresen | Production Assistant | 
|   | Wileen Dragovan | Production Secretary | 
|   | Stephen Andrzejewski | Assistant Location Manager | 
|   | Louise C. Larson | Assistant Production Coordinator | 
|   | Betsy Horning | Location Assistant | 
Edited By
|   | Mike Hill | Editor | 
|   | Daniel P. Hanley | Editor | 
|   | Roger Tweten | First Assistant Editor | 
|   | David Orr | Color Timer | 
|   | Guy Barresi | Assistant Editor | 
|   | Louis Rivera | Negative Cutter | 
|   | Tom Rovak | Colorist | 
Costume and Makeup
|   | Jodie Lynn Tillen | Costume Design | 
|   | John Casey | Costume Supervisor | 
|   | Ilona Herman | Hairstylist | 
|   | Dennis Liddiard | Makeup Artist | 
|   | Jane Blank | Seamstress | 
|   | Denise Wingate | Assistant Costume Designer | 
|   | Linda Rizzuto | Key Hair Stylist | 
|   | Lance Anderson | Prosthetic Makeup Artist | 
|   | Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff | Set Costumer | 
|   | Haleen K. Holt | Costume Illustrator | 
Sound
|   | Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer | 
|   | Dennis Leonard | Sound Engineer | 
|   | Curt Frisk | Sound Mixer | 
|   | Jeffrey A. Williams | Boom Operator | 
|   | Becky Mancuso-Winding | Music Supervisor | 
|   | Shirley Walker | Orchestrator | 
|   | Jay Rifkin | Scoring Mixer | 
|   | Richard Hymns | Supervising Sound Editor | 
|   | Rob Fruchtman | ADR Editor | 
|   | Sandina Bailo-Lape | Foley Editor | 
|   | Diana Pellegrini | Foley Editor | 
|   | Vivien Hillgrove | ADR Editor | 
|   | Marilyn McCoppen | ADR Editor | 
|   | Dennie Thorpe | Foley Artist | 
|   | Sara Bolder | Dialogue Editor | 
|   | Michael Silvers | Dialogue Editor | 
|   | Mary Helen Leasman | Foley Editor | 
|   | Marnie Moore | Foley Artist | 
|   | Christopher Boyes | Foley Recordist | 
|   | Ed Golya | ADR Mixer | 
|   | Celest Ray | Music Coordinator | 
|   | Shirley Walker | Conductor | 
|   | Gary Rydstrom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
|   | Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
|   | Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
|   | Gary Rydstrom | Sound Designer | 
Visual Effects
|   | Suella Kennedy | Visual Effects Producer | 
|   | Anne Calanchini | Visual Effects Coordinator | 
|   | Scott Farrar | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
|   | Robert Finley Jr. | Pyrotechnic Supervisor | 
|   | Mark Sullivan | Matte Painter | 
|   | Martin Rosenberg | Visual Effects Camera | 
|   | Tom Bertino | Rotoscoping Artist | 
Camera
|   | Mikael Salomon | Director of Photography | 
|   | Gregory Lundsgaard | Steadicam Operator | 
|   | Josh Bleibtreu | First Assistant Camera | 
|   | Dick Dova | Key Grip | 
|   | Robert L. Blatman | Camera Operator | 
|   | Phillip V. Caruso | Still Photographer | 
|   | John S. Robertson | Key Grip | 
|   | Robert Hill | Assistant Camera | 
|   | Joe Carroll | Second Assistant Camera | 
|   | Chris Freres | Dolly Grip | 
|   | Mollie S. Mallinger | Additional Second Assistant Camera | 
|   | Bill Barr | Best Boy Grip | 
Lighting
|   | Rob Doherty | Electrician | 
|   | Todd Braden | Lighting Technician | 
|   | Alphonse Blumenthal | Gaffer | 
|   | Dwight Campbell | Chief Lighting Technician | 
Art Department
|   | Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration | 
|   | Steve A. Hagberg | Construction Coordinator | 
|   | Albert Brenner | Production Design | 
|   | Gregory A. Weimerskirch | Assistant Art Director | 
|   | Anthony Joseph Fatigato | Painter | 
|   | Alan Broadbent | Standby Painter | 
|   | Carol Winstead Wood | Art Direction | 
|   | Larissa Supplitt | Location Scout | 
|   | Richard Bryan Douglas | Construction Foreman | 
|   | David Conaghan | Leadman | 
|   | Gary Baugh | Set Designer | 
|   | Steve Homa | Greensman | 
|   | Peter Ramsey | Production Illustrator | 
|   | Robert E. Knight | Sign Painter | 
|   | Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master | 
|   | Gary Isbell | Set Dresser | 
|   | Michael D. Gianneschi | Construction Buyer | 
|   | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer | 
|   | Walter J. Piers | Swing | 
Other Crew
|   | Mike Johnson | Stunts | 
|   | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunts | 
|   | Pierre Remy | Chef | 
|   | Todd Dickison | Driver | 
|   | Walter Scott | Stunt Coordinator | 
|   | Todd Dickison | Transportation Co-Captain | 
|   | George Dougherty | Loader | 
|   | Paul Huston | Visual Effects Art Director | 
|   | Andrew Golov | Post Production Supervisor | 
|   | Calvin Chin | Transportation Coordinator | 
|   | William Baldwin | Stunts | 
|   | Andrew Lipschultz | Unit Publicist | 
|   | Lawrence Hammer | Carpenter | 
|   | Raymond Bulinski | Craft Service | 
|   | John Burros | Stand In | 
|   | Monica Devereux | Choreographer | 
|   | Shari Lynn Himes | Production Office Assistant | 
|   | Norman Howell | Stunts | 
|   | W. Earl Brown | Dialect Coach | 
|   | Terry Leonard | Stunts | 
|   | Tony Brubaker | Stunts | 
|   | William Cosgrove | Technical Advisor | 
|   | John Casino | Stunt Double | 
|   | William L. Allen Sr. | Special Effects Technician | 
|   | Eugene F. Crededio | Generator Operator | 
|   | Reuben Goldberg | Pyrotechnician | 
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