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Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Directed by Ken Annakin
“Conquering the past would be the climb of his life”
Adventure, Drama, Family · 1h 45m
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.
Cast
Michael Rennie
Captain John Winter
James MacArthur
Rudi Matt
Janet Munro
Lizbeth Hempel
James Donald
Franz Lerner
Herbert Lom
Emil Saxo
Laurence Naismith
Teo Zurbriggen
Lee Patterson
Klaus Wesselhoft
Helen Hayes
Hotel guest (uncredited)
Walter Fitzgerald
Herr Hempel
Nora Swinburne
Frau Matt
Ferdy Mayne
Andreas
Crew
- Director
- Ken Annakin
- Screenplay
- Eleanore Griffin
- Novel
- James Ramsey Ullman
- Director of Photography
- Harry Waxman
- Editor
- Peter Boita
- Producer
- Bill Anderson
Details
- Release date
- 1959-11-10
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Production
- Walt Disney Productions