The Deadly Tower
| The Deadly Tower | |
|---|---|
 Home video cover | |
| Genre | |
| Directed by | Jerry Jameson |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Don Ellis |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Richard Caffey |
| Producer(s) | Antonio Calderón |
| Production location(s) | |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Editor(s) | Tom Stevens |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MGM Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 18, 1975 |
The Deadly Tower, also known as Sniper, is a 1975 television film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez[1] and is based on the University of Texas tower shooting.
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
- John Forsythe as Lt. Elwood Forbes
- Gilbert Roland as Narrator (voice)
- Paul Carr as C.T. Foss
- Alan Vint as Tim Davis
- Maria Elena Cordero as Vinni Martinez (as Maria-Elena Cordero)
- Pepe Serna as Mano
Production
The Deadly Tower was filmed at the University of Texas at Austin and the Louisiana State Capital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
References
- ↑ "Sniper (1975)". AllMovie.
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