The Cruel Tower

Oct 28, 1956

1h 19m

★ 4.7

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

The Cruel Tower Trailers

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Cast

Tom Kittredge

John Ericson

Mary 'The Babe' Thompson

Mari Blanchard

Harry 'Stretch' Clay

Charles McGraw

Casey

Steve Brodie

'Joss' Jossman

Peter Whitney

Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)

Alan Hale Jr.

Kitt

Diana Darrin

Waitress

Carol Kelly

Rev. Claver

Barbara Bell Wright

Doctor

Stafford Repp

Rico Alaniz

Kay Brown

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