27 Sep 2013
Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell
Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.
The White Tower
Every gasping thrill in color by Technicolor!
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
Top Billed Cast
Glenn Ford Martin Ordway
Alida Valli Carla Alton (as Valli)
Claude Rains Paul Delambre
Oskar Homolka Andreas (as Oscar Homolka)
Cedric Hardwicke Nicholas Radcliffe
Lloyd Bridges Hein
June Clayworth Mme. Astrid Delambre
Lotte Stein Frau Andreas
Edit Angold Frau Knubel (uncredited)
Fred Essler Knubel (uncredited)
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