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Backdraft

Backdraft1991

★6.7137 minDramaThrillerAction

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Kurt Russell William Baldwin Robert De Niro

Cast35

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
Scott Glenn
as John 'Axe' Adcox
Rebecca De Mornay
as Helen McCaffrey
Jason Gedrick
as Tim Kirzminski
J.T. Walsh
as Alderman Marty Swayzak
A
Anthony Mockus Sr.
as Chief John Fitzgerald
Cedric Young
as Grindle
Juan Ramírez
as Ray Santos
K
Kevin Casey
as Nightingale
Jack McGee
as Schmidt
M
Mark Wheeler
as Pengelly
R
Richard Lexsee
as Washington
B
Beep Iams
as Sean McCaffrey
Ryan Todd
as Brian, Age 7
J
John Duda
as Stephen - Age 12
R
Robert Swan
as Willy - Bartender
Clint Howard
as Ricco, Pathologist
Ron West
as Alan Seagrave
Kevin Crowley
as Candidate
Carlos Sanz
as Candidate
J
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
N
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina
as Nurse
Dennis Liddiard
as Party Brawler
D
David Luckenbach
as Security Officer
G
Gregory Lundsgaard
as High-Rise Fireman
Dan Tullis Jr.
as Engine 17 Firefighter
P
Peter C. Hobert
as Probie

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