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Backdraft

Movie (1991)

"Silently behind a door, it waits."

They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.

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Released: May 24th, 1991
Budget: N/A
Revenue: $77,868,585.00

Backdraft Main Cast

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Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
plays Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey …
William Baldwin
William Baldwin
plays Brian McCaffrey
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
plays Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale
Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
plays Ronald Bartel
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh
plays Jennifer Vaitkus
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • Movie Goof (continuity error): In the apartment fire, Stephen goes in to save a little boy. When there's an explosion, Brian falls back and his boots are all the way up, on another shot when he's on the floor his boots are folded down.
  • Following tradition, Ron Howard cast his brother Clint Howard in this movie. Clint plays Ricco the pathologist.
  • Movie Goof (continuity error): The fire truck crashes onto its side twice.
  • Movie Goof (continuity error): At the fire at the theater, Donald is holding the electrical plug with the crowbar, but in the next shot, he's got his hand on it and in the next shot, it's back to the crowbar.
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