Backdraft 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. Release date: 1991-05-24 Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime Actors: William Baldwin, Jack McGee, Kevin Crowley, Juan Ramírez, Scott Glenn, Carlos Sanz, Robert De Niro, James Ritz, Clint Howard, Jason Gedrick, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, W. Earl Brown, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, J. T. Walsh, Dan Tullis Jr., David Crosby, Robert Swan, Mark Wheeler, Cedric Young, Ron West, Irma P. Hall, Ryan Goldstein, Anthony Mockus Sr., Richard Lexsee, John Duda, Kevin Casey, Nydia Rodriguez Terracina, Beep Iams, Peter C. Hobert Production: Jane Jenkins Budget: $75,000,000Revenue: $152,368,585 Runtime: 2 h. 17 min. Score: 6.7/10 Votes: 1,473 Countries: United States of America Companies: Trilogy Entertainment Group, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures Available* : 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.