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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.
A review of the 1975 TV-Movie The Deadly Tower about Charles Whitman's shooting rampage on the campus of University of Texas, starring Kurt Russell
Summaries. The infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again. Charles Whitman is student at the University of Texas in Austin. He often suffers from headaches, during which he tends to violence. One night, he kills wife and mother, buys a number of rifles and loads of ...
A powerful 1975 TV movie about the real life events that took place on the University of Texas campus in 1966 when a deranged 25 year old Charles Whitman began shooting people from the top of the Tower. When it was all over it would be the largest one-person murder spree in U.S. history to date.
Jan 12, 2022 · The following synopsis covers events as they take place in The Deadly Tower…not necessarily how they unfolded in real life. August 1, 1966. Police officer Ramiro Martinez (Richard Yniguez) has just pulled a hot, sticky, lonely night shift in his prowl car through the humid streets of Austin, Texas.
Aug 8, 2017 · The Deadly Tower follows the true story of crazed sniper Charles Whitman (Kurt Russell), who on the fateful day of August 1st 1966 orchestrated 96 minutes of terror from atop the tower of The University of Texas, and of police officer Ramiro Martinez (Richard Yniguez), the man who ended that reign of terror.
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Feb 5, 2010 · First, anyone expecting an examination of Charles Whitman and what might have driven him to assassinate 14 people and wound 32 others at The University of Texas (not to mention murdering his mother and wife the night before), won't find it in The Deadly Tower.
