The Deadly Tower

The Deadly Tower
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Directed by	Jerry Jameson
Starring	Kurt Russell
Music by	Don Ellis
Release dates	October 18, 1975
Running time	100 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Deadly Tower, also known as Sniper, is a 1975 television film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez.^[1]

Plot

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 in a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966.

Cast

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

References

↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/sniper-v45350

External links

The Deadly Tower at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Jerry Jameson

The Bat People (1974)
The Elevator (1974)
The Deadly Tower (1975)
Airport '77 (1977)
Superdome (1978)
L'arma (1978)
A Fire in the Sky (1978)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
Hotline (1982)
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
Fire and Rain (1989)
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992)
Gunsmoke IV: The Long Ride (1993)
Bonanza: The Return (1993)
Land of the Free (1998)
Safe Harbor (2009)
Captive (2015)

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