Backdraft

May. 24,1991      R
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Juan Ramírez as  Ray Santos

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