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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.
- William Douglas Lansford
- Don Ellis
Oct 18, 1975 · 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.
- Jerry Jameson
- 1
- 3 min
A vivid re-creation of the Texas Tower massacre of August 4, 1966, during which disturbed student Charles Whitman holed up with a gun in the tower of the University of Texas and began firing on people below, killing thirteen and wounding thirty-four.
- Jerry J Jameson
- Kurt Russell
Synopsis. The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.
- Charles Whitman; Ramiro Martinez; Allan Crum
- PG
- 1975
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It’s the University of Texas campus in Austin, but it seems like a war zone as Charles Whitman fires off round after lethal round. 385 IMDb 6.6 1 h 34 min 1975. X-Ray 13+. Suspense · Adventure · Action · Drama.
Charles Whitman (Kurt Russell) shoots passers-by from a Texas tower on Aug. 4, 1966, killing 13 and wounding 33.
- Drama