Kurt Russell
Charles Whitman
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Oct 18, 1975 · The movie is now on DVD through Warner Brothers Archive Collection and it looks great!! Also check out the real life crime TV movies Killer in the Family and The Deliberate Stranger on Warner DVD!
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- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Jerry Jameson
- 1975-10-18
The Deadly Tower (also known as Sniper) is a 1975 American made-for-television action drama thriller film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez and is based on the University of Texas tower shooting.
The Texas Tower massacre of August 4, 1966 has disturbed student Charles Whitman holed up with a gun in the tower of the University of Texas and fires on people below, killing thirteen and wounding thirty-four.
- Jerry J Jameson
- Kurt Russell
Apr 22, 2010 · The Deadly Tower is the powerful story of the 1966 event that was at the time the largest one-person murder spree in U.S. history. Kurt Russell, far removed from the lighthearted roles that then made up much of his career, portrays the murderous protagonist.
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The Deadly Tower is the powerful story of the 1966 event that was at the time the largest one-person murder spree in U.S. history. Kurt Russell, far removed from the lighthearted roles that...
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- Oct 18, 1975
- US
- English
The Deadly Tower DVD (Warner Archive Collection) (1975): Starring Kurt Russell, Richard Yniguez and Ned Beatty. It's the University of Texas campus in Austin, but it seems like a war zone.
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A cast-against-type Kurt Russell stars as Whitman, in this chilling made-for-TV depiction of his shocking massacre; with Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts, John Forsythe, and Richard Yniguez. AKA: "Sniper." 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
