The Cruel Tower
5.5
“Savage story of the raw, reckless guys who live on the towering edge of danger...and the man-wrecking dames who push them into a pit of violence and passion!”
The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.
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Cast
15 people
John Ericson
Tom Kittredge
Known for
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bad Day at Black Rock
Mari Blanchard
Mary 'The Babe' Thompson
Known for
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Twice-Told Tales
Charles McGraw
Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Known for
The Birds
The Narrow Margin
Steve Brodie
Casey
Known for
The Giant Spider Invasion
Out of the Past
Peter Whitney
'Joss' Jossman
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Big Heat
Alan Hale Jr.
Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)
Known for
Gilligan's Island
Hang 'em High
Diana Darrin
Kitt
Known for
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Carol Kelly
Waitress
Also in
Terror in a Texas Town
All Fall Down
Barbara Bell Wright
Rev. Claver
Known for
The Trouble with Angels
Stafford Repp
Doctor
Known for
Batman
Batman
Rico Alaniz
Known for
The Magnificent Seven
Kay Brown
Also in
The Strip
Lew Landers Director · Warren Douglas Screenplay William B. Hartley Author
United States release October 28, 1956 · Produced in United States · Production Allied Artists Pictures
Production
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Production
Allied Artists Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 28, 1956
Theatrical
Germany
July 24, 1957 · Theatrical
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