Backdraft (1991)

05/24/1991 2h 17m

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.

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Overview

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Kurt Russell

as Stephen McCaffrey

Born 03/17/1951, age

William Baldwin

as Brian McCaffrey

Born 02/21/1963, age

Robert De Niro

as Donald Rimgale

Born 08/17/1943, age

Donald Sutherland

as Ronald Bartel

Born 07/17/1935, age

Jennifer Jason Leigh

as Jennifer Vaitkus

Born 02/05/1962, age

Scott Glenn

as John 'Axe' Adcox

Born 01/26/1939, age

Rebecca De Mornay

as Helen McCaffrey

Born 08/29/1959, age

Jason Gedrick

as Tim Kirzminski

Born 02/07/1965, age

J.T. Walsh

as Alderman Marty Swayzak

Born 09/28/1943

Died 02/27/1998, age

Jack McGee

as Schmidt

Born 02/02/1949, age

Clint Howard

as Ricco, Pathologist

Born 04/20/1959, age

W. Earl Brown

as Paramedic

Born 09/07/1963, age

Irma P. Hall

as Nurse

Born 06/03/1935, age