Backdraft

Backdraft

137 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller | May 24, 1991

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.

Backdraft

137 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller | May 24, 1991

Backdraft
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Trilogy Entertainment Group
Original title Backdraft
Directors Jack Gallagher, Jeff Okabayashi, Sioux Richards, Todd Hallowell, Ron Howard
Writers Mark Moore, Gregory Widen

Cast

Kurt Russell

as Stephen McCaffrey / Dennis McCaffrey

William Baldwin

as Brian McCaffrey

Robert De Niro

as Donald Rimgale

Donald Sutherland

as Ronald Bartel

Jennifer Jason Leigh

as Jennifer Vaitkus

Scott Glenn

as John 'Axe' Adcox

Rebecca De Mornay

as Helen McCaffrey

Jason Gedrick

as Tim Kirzminski

J.T. Walsh

as Alderman Marty Swayzak

Anthony Mockus Sr.

as Chief John Fitzgerald

Cedric Young

as Grindle

Juan Ramírez

as Ray Santos

Kevin Casey

as Nightingale

Jack McGee

as Schmidt

Mark Wheeler

as Pengelly

Richard Lexsee

as Washington

Beep Iams

as Sean McCaffrey

Ryan Goldstein

as Brian, Age 7

John Duda

as Stephen - Age 12

Robert Swan

as Willy - Bartender

Clint Howard

as Ricco, Pathologist

Ron West

as Alan Seagrave

Kevin Crowley

as Candidate

Carlos Sanz

as Candidate

Jane Jenkins

as Woman Psychiatrist

David Crosby

as '70s Hippie

W. Earl Brown

as Paramedic

James Ritz

as Mannequin Fire Reporter

Irma P. Hall

as Nurse

Dennis Liddiard

as Party Brawler

David Luckenbach

as Security Officer

Gregory Lundsgaard

as High-Rise Fireman