The White Tower

Jun 24, 1950

1h 38m

★ 5.5

Every gasping thrill in color by Technicolor!

Overview

Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Martin Ordway

Glenn Ford

Carla Alton (as Valli)

Alida Valli

Paul Delambre

Claude Rains

Andreas (as Oscar Homolka)

Oskar Homolka

Nicholas Radcliffe

Cedric Hardwicke

Hein

Lloyd Bridges

Mme. Astrid Delambre

June Clayworth

Frau Andreas

Lotte Stein

Frau Knubel (uncredited)

Edit Angold

Knubel (uncredited)

Fred Essler

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ at the village church. After experiencing an "acoustic wonder", his eye color changes and he can hear even the most subtle sounds.

7.7

The Sound of Music

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6.7

The Specialists

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While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...

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0.0

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6.0

Vertical Limit

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6.9

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5.7

Hagazussa

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5.7

K2

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7.2

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8.0

Storm Over Everest

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6.1

Heidi

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6.2

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7.7

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8.1

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6.1

The Eiger Sanction

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0.0

Life in Kajzar

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10.0

Vertical Miles

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No overview available.

6.9

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

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