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The White Tower

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In the Swiss Alps, Carla (Alida Valli) is preparing to scale the White Tower, a mountain her father died trying to climb. Although local guides warn her against doing so, an undaunted Carla assembles a crew of climbers who, much like her, accept the challenge for their own very personal reasons -- including a French author (Claude Rains), a British naturalist (Cedric Hardwicke), a former Nazi (Lloyd Bridges) and Martin, an American pilot (Glenn Ford) who is romantically pursuing Carla.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 11/25/2004
B-
Basically just another mountain climbing pic. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Russ G Jan 1 Decent technical movie making for the time but that's all it has going for it besides the lovely Miss Valli. Is she wearing lipstick at 10,000 ft to prevent chapping? It's melodramatic and a completely unrealistic depiction of an assault on an unconquered Alpine peak by six people I wouldn't trust to finish an afternoon hike over rolling terrain. Throw in a contrived romance and you have a real stinker. I don't know what Claude Rains is doing in this as the role is utterly unbecoming of such a talent. See more Steve D 01/22/2024 A story not worth telling. See more 12/11/2019 A decent thriller for its time once you overlook certain obvious flaws in mountain climbing. But good enough. See more 05/01/2013 Basically just another mountain climbing pic. See more 09/26/2012 Adventure flick has beautiful location filming and a high grade cast but is nothing special. See more 04/30/2012 pretty good (for 1950) mountain climbing pic See more Read all reviews
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Ted Tetzlaff

Director

Glenn Ford

Martin Ordway

Alida Valli

Carla Alton

Claude Rains

Paul DeLambre

Oscar Homolka

Andreas

Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Nicholas Radcliffe
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Synopsis In the Swiss Alps, Carla (Alida Valli) is preparing to scale the White Tower, a mountain her father died trying to climb. Although local guides warn her against doing so, an undaunted Carla assembles a crew of climbers who, much like her, accept the challenge for their own very personal reasons -- including a French author (Claude Rains), a British naturalist (Cedric Hardwicke), a former Nazi (Lloyd Bridges) and Martin, an American pilot (Glenn Ford) who is romantically pursuing Carla.
Director
Ted Tetzlaff
Producer
Sid Rogell
Screenwriter
Paul Jarrico
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 29, 2014
Runtime
1h 38m