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The Deadly Tower (1975)  link to The Deadly Tower on IMDb  

Number: 1500

poster The Deadly Tower

IMDb Rating:
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6.7/10 (787 votes)

Country: USA, 100 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Drama

Director(s): Jerry Jameson

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Charles Whitman is student at the University of Texas in Austin. He often suffers from headaches, during which he tends to violence. One night, he kills wife and mother, buys a number of rifles and loads of ammunition and takes them to the top of the tower of the university, where he barricades himself. With his long-range weapons his starts to shoot at everything that moves. Already until the police arrives, there are numerous people wounded or dead.

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Cast:

photo Kurt Russell Kurt Russell Charles Whitman
photo Richard Yniguez Richard Yniguez Ramiro Martinez
photo Ned Beatty Ned Beatty Allan Crum
photo Pernell Roberts Pernell Roberts Lieutenant Lee
photo Clifton James Clifton James Captain Fred Ambrose

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Deadly Tower\The Deadly Tower.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3