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The Deadly Tower is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jerry Jameson released in USA on 18 october 1975 with Kurt Russell
The Deadly Tower (1975)
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Add to a movie listThe Deadly Tower, also known as Sniper, is a 1975 television film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez.
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The film is based on the true story of Charles Joseph Whitman, an engineering student and former Marine who murdered his own wife and mother and then killed 14 more people and wounded 31 others before being shot and killed by Austin Police in a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966.Actors
Kurt Russell
(Charles Whitman)
Ned Beatty
(Allan Crum)
Pernell Roberts
(Lt. Lee)
Clifton James
(Capt. Fred Ambrose)
John Forsythe
(Lt. Elwood Forbes)
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