Movie2004·US·1h 55min

Ladder 49

Name: Ladder 49
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.46
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jay Russell, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick

Their greatest challenge lies in rescuing one of their own

Action Drama Thriller

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Premiere

Oct2004

Studios

Beacon Pictures Casey Silver Productions Fantail Films Inc.Touchstone Pictures

Box office×1.68

Budget$60M

Gross$101M

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Synopsis

Ladder 49 (2004) is a firefighter drama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Jay Russell and starring Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta.

Baltimore. During a blaze in a grain warehouse, firefighter Jack Morrison falls through a collapsing floor and is trapped, badly hurt, deep inside the building. As his crew under Captain Mike Kennedy fights through smoke and flame to reach him, Jack relives the road that brought him here: his nervous first shift, the brotherhood of the firehouse, falling for Linda, the kids, and every call that pulled him a little further from home.

This isn't a film about heroes who never flinch. Russell films the daily life of a fire station plainly: the locker-room jokes, the fear nobody admits, and the toll it takes on the people waiting at home. Stream Ladder 49 (2004) online on iFILM.

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