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TV Movie

The Deadly Tower

1975·1h 40m·TV-14
DramaThrillerAction
IMDb Rating
★ 6.6/10
1,311 votes

The infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again.

The Deadly Tower is a 1975 drama thriller movie directed by Jerry Jameson, starring Kurt Russell, Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 1,311 votes and runs 1h 40m.

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Director
Jerry Jameson
Stars
Kurt Russell
Ned Beatty
Pernell Roberts
Richard Yniguez
Details
1975-10-18
100 min
TV Movie
TV-14
★ United States
★ Spanish, English
Keywords
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