
The Mountain(1956)
Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.


“Conquering the past would be the climb of his life”
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.

Michael Rennie
Captain John Winter

James MacArthur
Rudi Matt

Janet Munro
Lizbeth Hempel

James Donald
Franz Lerner

Herbert Lom
Emil Saxo

Laurence Naismith
Teo Zurbriggen

Lee Patterson
Klaus Wesselhoft

Helen Hayes
Hotel guest (uncredited)

Walter Fitzgerald
Herr Hempel

Nora Swinburne
Frau Matt
Third Man on the Mountain is a adventure, drama, family film released in 1959 exploring themes of based on novel or book, switzerland, coming of age, mountain climbing, mountaineering, peak. Directed by Ken Annakin, it stars Michael Rennie, James MacArthur, Janet Munro. Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.
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