Linda Morrison, Jack's wife Morris Chestnut as Firefighter Tommy Drake, Ladder Company 49 Tillerman Balthazar Getty as Firefighter Ray Gauquin, Ladder Company 49 Robert Patrick as Firefighter Leonard "Lenny" Richter, Ladder Company 49 Billy Burke as Firefighter Dennis Gauquin, Ladder Company 49 Tim Guinee as Captain Tony Corrigan, Ladder Company 49 Kevin Chapman as Lieutenant (formerly Firefighter) Frank McKinney, Engine Company 33 Jay Hernandez as Probationary Firefighter Keith Perez, Engine Company 33 Kevin Daniels as Firefighter Engineer Don Miller, Engine Company 33 Steve Maye as Firefighter Pete Lamb, Engine Company 33 Robert Logan Lewis as Firefighter Ed Reilly, Ladder Company 49 Spencer Berglund as Nicky Morrison, Jack and Linda's son Brooke Hamlin as Katie Morrison, Jack and Linda's daughter Sam Stockdale as Himself Paul Novak, Jr. as the Voice of Ladder 49, The Dispatcher - with a deep, sensual baritone Mayor of Baltimore Martin O'Malley as himself Songs Robbie Robertson contributed the film's theme song, "Shine Your Light". He also composed an adagio for the end credits. The film also features "Love Sneakin' Up On You" by Bonnie Raitt, among others. Reception Ladder 49 grossed $74,463,263 at the US box office and $102,332,848 worldwide. Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 41% based on 164 reviews, and an average rating of 5.35/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Instead of humanizing the firemen, the movie idolizes them, and thus renders them into cardboard characters." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. It received a rating of 3.5 out of 4 stars from Roger Ebert, who wrote: "The movie is not about a dying man whose life passes before his eyes, but about a man who saved a life and put himself in danger, and how he got to that place in his life, and what his life and family mean to him. Because it is attentive to these human elements, Ladder 49 draws from the action scenes instead of depending on them." See also List of firefighting films List of films shot in Baltimore Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire References External links 2004 films 2000s thriller drama films American thriller drama films Films directed by Jay Russell Films