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The Cruel Tower

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!
Oct 28, 1956 · 1h 19m
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The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.

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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
Directed by Lew Landers

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation, Allied Artists Pictures
Country
US

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