Terror on the 40th Floor

Terror on the 40th Floor

4.5IMDb Score
Released:1974-09-17
Duration:97 min
Director:Jerry Jameson
Actors:John Forsythe, Joseph Campanella, Lynn Carlin, Anjanette Comer, Laurie Heineman
Production:Montagne Productions, Metromedia Producers Corporation

Overview:

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.

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