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The White Tower: Directed by Ted Tetzlaff. With Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains, Oscar Homolka. A group of people come together in the Swiss Alps to climb a previously unconquered mountain, revealing their inner selves in the process.
The White Tower (1950) is a post-war movie ostensibly about a treacherous mountain climb, but more symbolically about the reorganization of the world in the wake of World War II and those looking for meaning in it.
The White Tower is a 1950 mountain film starring Alida Valli as a woman determined to fulfil her father's dream by conquering the mountain that killed her father, and Glenn Ford as the mountaineer who loves her. It is based on the novel of the same name by James Ramsey Ullman.
The White Tower, a Matterhorn-like mountain in the Swiss Alps, has never been climbed. Carla Alten's father, a famous mountaineer, died in a long-ago attempt. Now, Carla, determined to fulfill her father's dream, has assembled an unusual climbing party to tackle the nearly-impossible ascent.
The White Tower, a Matterhorn-like mountain in the Swiss Alps, has never been climbed. Carla Alten’s father, a famous mountaineer, died in a long-ago attempt. Now, Carla, determined to fulfill her father’s dream, has assembled an unusual climbing party to tackle the nearly-impossible ascent.
The White Tower, a Matterhorn-like mountain in the Swiss Alps, has never been climbed. Carla Alton's father, a famous mountaineer, died in a long-ago attempt. Now, Carla, determined to fulfill her father's dream, has assembled an unusual climbing party to tackle the nearly-impossible ascent. —hypercritical
Novel. Paul Jarrico. Screenplay. Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
