25 Aug 2016
8½ Circles
The higher you climb, the deeper you fall. A psycho-drama about a professional mountain climber who's dreams became brutal as Dante's Nine Circles of Inferno. Will he understand the message of Nature?
Perilous Assignment
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatrically released or TV shows. The theme of the episode is the making of his next film, The Third Man on the Mountain, an adaptation of James Ramsey Ullman's novel Banner in the Sky, based on the true story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Walt Disney will not be limited to a simple promotional making-of. He offers to meet exceptional people, including the French mountain guide Gaston Rébuffat. The latter will show climbing techniques and then reveal breathtaking images of his ascents of steep cliffs with a client for the ascent of Mont-Blanc, filmed for the occasion. In 1958, Walt Disney will therefore offer him to be deputy director on the high mountain scenes of the film "The Third Man on the Mountain".
Top Billed Cast
Gaston Rébuffat Self - Guide
Maurice Baquet Self - Guide's Client
Michael Rennie Self
James MacArthur Self
Janet Munro Self
James Donald Self
Fred Zendar Self
Herbert Lom Self
Laurence Naismith Self
Hermann Geiger Self
Walter Fitzgerald Self
Nora Swinburne Self
Lee Patterson Self
Ferdy Mayne Self
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