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The Cruel Tower
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The Cruel Tower

Oct 28, 1956
1h 19m
★ 4.9

Savage story of the raw, reckless guys who live on the towering edge of danger...and the man-wrecking dames who push them into a pit of violence and passion!

Overview

The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.

Genres

Drama
Crime

Production Companies

Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Allied Artists Pictures

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Cast

John Ericson

Tom Kittredge

John Ericson

Mari Blanchard

Mary 'The Babe' Thompson

Mari Blanchard

Charles McGraw

Harry 'Stretch' Clay

Charles McGraw

Steve Brodie

Casey

Steve Brodie

Peter Whitney

'Joss' Jossman

Peter Whitney

Alan Hale Jr.

Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)

Alan Hale Jr.

Diana Darrin

Kitt

Diana Darrin

Carol Kelly

Waitress

Carol Kelly

No Image

Rev. Claver

Barbara Bell Wright

Stafford Repp

Doctor

Stafford Repp

Rico Alaniz

Rico Alaniz

Kay Brown

Kay Brown

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