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The Cruel Tower(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-10-28
49%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 19m
Savage story of the raw, reckless guys who live on the towering edge of danger...and the man-wrecking dames who push them into a pit of violence and passion!
Overview:
The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Allied Artists Pictures
Movie: The Cruel Tower
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Ericson
Tom Kittredge
Mari Blanchard
Mary 'The Babe' Thompson
Charles McGraw
Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Steve Brodie
Casey
Peter Whitney
'Joss' Jossman
Alan Hale Jr.
Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)
Diana Darrin
Kitt
Carol Kelly
Waitress
Stafford Repp
Doctor
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